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Sara Bonisteel

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Fake Blood

This corn syrup–based fake blood recipe is edible, making it useful for wannabe vampires on Halloween.
Recipes

Sara's Santa's Whiskers

Editor's note: This recipe appears as part of our editors' Christmas Cookie Swap, 10 beloved holiday recipes from the editors of Epicurious and Gourmet Live.

This is a classic old-school Christmas recipe from my grandmother, Ethel Hughes Johnston, which uses candied fruit and coconut. If you can't find green candied cherries, you can get by with just red ones. They'll still look festive.