Do you need to take along something special to a Thanksgiving dinner you are attending? Or want something delicious to serve if you are hosting at home? Bake a loaf of frosted apricot cranberry bread. It is a quick bread and just perfect alongside the turkey and all the trimmings.Continue Reading
Orange Cranberry Streusel Muffins
Is breakfast a frantic, hurried pace of packing lunches and getting the kids out the door hopefully fully dressed and teeth brushed? If they have matched shoes it’s a win for the day! Let them grab a muffin or two and save one for yourself to enjoy peaceably with a cup of coffee. You will all love orange cranberry streusel muffins! They freeze beautifully, so bake a batch and pop in the freezer. Then they are ready when you’re not.Continue Reading
Cranberry Apple Cake with Orange & Spices
Tart cranberries, sweet apple, and a hint of citrus come together in this cranberry apple cake with orange and spices. Cinnamon, nutmeg, and a pinch of cloves make it warm and fragrant, the kind of dessert that fills your kitchen with cozy holiday aromas. The fruit bakes into a bubbling layer beneath a tender golden cake, making every slice a mix of bright, tangy, and spiced flavors. The finished dessert is a little like cake and a little like pie. Whether for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or just a weekend treat, this cake is simple yet special.Continue Reading
10 Best Cranberry Recipes
Tiny, jewel-toned cranberries are the star of many autumn dishes and certainly popular on the Thanksgiving table. Scroll through this collection for cranberry inspiration. 10 best cranberry recipes includes pie, quick bread, scones, cranberry sauce, crisps and salad dressing all using fresh or frozen cranberries.
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Cranberry Apple & Jalapeno Salsa
Cranberry Apple & Jalapeno Salsa is colorful, fresh and incredibly good! A festive New Year’s Eve appetizer that you and your guests won’t be able to stop eating.
Cranberry Sauce
You can easily buy a can of cranberry sauce but it is so quick and easy to make homemade. A Thanksgiving dinner tradition, cranberry sauce is also good served with crackers and cheese or on a buttered biscuit. We especially like it on the cranberry bagels available this time of year.Continue Reading
Cranberry Apple Crisp
Sweet and tart, that’s what this crisp is all about. Cranberry apple crisp is full of sweetened cranberries and apples with an oatmeal crumble topping. Top with ice cream or whipped cream for a lovely autumn dessert.Continue ReadingSweet Carrot & Cranberry Muffins
wow… these muffins head to the top of the leader board of our list of favorites. I served them with dinner for my cousins and aunt and they disappeared. Filled with three cups of shredded carrots and lots of sweet, dried cranberries, sweet carrot & cranberry muffins are moist and hearty. Spread with frosting or whipped cream cheese and they are almost dessert!Continue Reading
Jalapeno Cranberry Spread
Looking for something for your New Year’s Eve celebration? My young friend, Sarah, shared her recipe for a very easy, very pretty and very delicious sweet and spicy appetizer. I watched her husband make Jalapeno Cranberry Spread recently and everyone at the table commented how much they enjoyed it.Continue Reading
Cranberry Orange Cornbread
I wasn’t planning on baking Saturday morning, but when this recipe showed up in my email inbox I knew it would be a great breakfast treat. I love cornbread, cranberries and orange and this quick bread has all three. Cranberry Orange Cornbread hit the spot before a day of chores. I made it extra special by spreading with a little orange marmalade ~ so good!Continue ReadingCranberry Apple Salad
Tart, sweet and crunchy, cranberry apple salad uses raw cranberries with apples and nuts. Jell-O binds everything together for a delicious Thanksgiving side dish. And, this is a recipe that does not require cooking as so many Thanksgiving recipes do.Orange Cake with Cranberries
Way, way back, my blog began as a place to store old family favorite recipes. It still is where I post all of the recipes we enjoyed through the years. And, as time passes, new dishes are added to the files. I pretty much cook and bake from our site, usually viewing the page from my cell phone propped up on the counter.Moist and flavorful, Fresh Orange Cake with Cranberries, is from the Cake Mix Doctor Cookbook . A friend loaned me her copy a long time ago and this easy Bundt cake is easy and good!Continue Reading
Cranberry Lime Galette
Cranberry Lime Galette. With a look of casual elegance, this colorful galette is both tart and delicious. It is so good I think I could’ve devoured it all by myself! It did require a scoop of vanilla ice-cream to balance it perfectly so it scored really high with my taste buds.
Cranberry Swirl Bread
If you love homemade bread, or any bread for that matter, I think you will find this cranberry swirl bread pretty special! It is a tasty yeast bread with a pretty purple-ly red cranberry and nut swirl filling throughout the dough.Continue ReadingThanksgiving Bundt Cake
Years ago, I participated in a bake-along using recipes from a Dorie Greenspan book titled, Baking from My Home to Yours. Her Thanksgiving Bundt cake, is really outstanding and always a hit on the holiday dessert table.