Easy Christmas Crockpot Recipes

I love crockpot recipes for when life gets busy – and Christmas time is as busy as it gets! These easy-to-make recipes are quick to prepare and will allow you to spend as much time as possible with your family. Load up the ingredients, set your crockpot, and come back later to feast!

Slow Cooker Candied Yams (Sweet Potatoes)

A close-up of glazed candied sweet potatoes in a white dish. — **Crockpot Candied Sweet Potatoes**. Image Credit: Southern Bytes.

Slow Cooker Candied Sweet Potatoes (Yams) are tender, buttery, and sweetened with brown sugar and honey or maple syrup. They are perfect for Christmas dinner and using a slow cooker is the easiest way to make them.
Get the Recipe: Crockpot Candied Sweet Potatoes

Crockpot Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole

**Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

These Crockpot Cheesy Hash Brown Potatoes are the perfect side to any holiday dinner – especially a Christmas ham. The hash browns cook in creamy chicken soup, sour cream, and a shredded cheese mixture that slow-cooks to perfection.
Get the Recipe: Crockpot Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole

Crockpot Boneless Turkey Breast

Sliced herb-crusted turkey breast arranged on a plate next to a bowl of gravy. — **Crockpot Turkey Breast**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

This Crockpot Turkey Breast recipe makes the juiciest boneless turkey breast with such a flavorful gravy. It’s a foolproof recipe and is so easy to make!
Get the Recipe: Crockpot Turkey Breast

Slow Cooked Southern Green Beans

**Southern Green Beans**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

Southern Green Beans have so much flavor and are the perfect easy side dish to serve with a ham or prime rib at Christmas. It’s even better when they cook hands-free in a slow cooker.
Get the Recipe: Southern Green Beans

Crockpot Creamed Corn

Close-up image of a creamy corn casserole with visible kernels and a spoon. — **Crockpot Creamed Corn**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

Crockpot Creamed Corn cooks in the crock pot for hours with cream cheese and butter. It’s perfectly decadent for a Christmas treat. The cream cheese and butter melt into a delicious sauce that thickens up and gets absorbed by the corn as it cooks and the crockpot does all the work.
Get the Recipe: Crockpot Creamed Corn

Slow Cooker Glazed Carrots

A close-up view of shiny glazed baby carrots in a black cooking pot with a black spatula. — **Crockpot Glazed Carrots**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

These candied carrots are coated in brown sugar, butter, honey, and cinnamon, and cooked to perfection. The result is tender, sweet carrots that just melt in your mouth. Your whole family will love these crockpot carrots!
Get the Recipe: Slow Cooker Glazed Carrots

Turkey Tenderloins with Honey Mustard Gravy

A close-up of sliced chicken breast topped with a creamy herb sauce on a plate with a fork. — **Crockpot Turkey Tenderloins**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

Turkey Tenderloins are an inexpensive and easy way to enjoy a turkey dinner without having to buy and prepare a whole turkey. The turkey cooks over onions, and the juices that drip down make a delicious gravy that everyone will love.
Get the Recipe: Crockpot Turkey Tenderloins

Crockpot Turkey Breast with Gravy

A plate of sliced roast turkey covered in brown gravy, accompanied by mashed potatoes with chives and a serving of green peas. — **Crockpot Turkey Breast with Gravy**. Photo Credit: Jeannie’s Tried and True Recipes.

One of the best ways to cook a turkey breast for Christmas dinner is in your crockpot. While it cooks in there all day, the flavors mingle, and the turkey comes out so flavorful and juicy!
Get the Recipe: Crockpot Turkey Breast with Gravy

Have an Instant Pot? A lot of these recipes can be made in an Instant Pot, too! –>

Instant Pot Creamed Corn

Instant Pot Creamed Corn is so creamy, delicious, and comforting. It’s just a little sweet, with a touch of spice to round it out, and pairs perfectly with a prime rib or glazed ham at Christmas.
Get the Full Recipe: Instant Pot Creamed Corn

Instant Pot Southern Green Beans

**Instant Pot Southern-Style Green Beans**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

Southern-Style Green Beans are the perfect Christmas side dish. They pair so well with a smoky Christmas ham and using an Instant Pot, they are melt-in-your-mouth delicious and ready in less than an hour!
Get the Recipe: Instant Pot Southern-Style Green Beans

Instant Pot Glazed Carrots

A heap of whole carrots inside a stainless steel pressure cooker. — **Instant Pot Glazed Carrots**. Photo Credit: Southern Bytes.

Instant Pot Glazed Carrots are such an easy side dish to whip up. They are buttery, sweet, soft, and delicious and are coated in an incredible yummy glaze. Using an Instant Pot, carrots are ready in minutes and require no planning or prep time.
Get the Recipe: Instant Pot Glazed Carrots

Instant Pot Collard Greens

Instant Pot Collard Greens are a shortcut to the most delicious Southern side dish. What normally takes hours on the stove is ready in less than an hour. They are the perfect side to serve with a Christmas ham and they couldn’t be more delicious.
Get the Recipe: Instant Pot Collard Greens

Instant Pot Garlic Mashed Potatoes

A close-up of homemade mashed potatoes garnished with herbs on a white plate. — **Instant Pot Garlic Mashed Potatoes**. Image Credit: Southern Bytes.

These mashed potatoes will be the most popular side that you serve with your Christmas prime rib with this perfectly garlicky and buttery Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes Recipe. Mashed potatoes are the ultimate comfort food, and pressure cooking cuts the cooking time in half.
Get the Recipe: Instant Pot Garlic Mashed Potatoes

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