Cranberries have a lot to offer the holiday table! From a traditional homemade sauce (obviously) to a decadent cheesecake topping and a savoury stuffing, here are just a few ideas for how to use these ruby-red berries before, during and even after the holiday.
Cranberry sauce is one of the quickest and easiest things to make for Thanksgiving dinner. All you need is sugar and fresh cranberries. (Seriously, leave the canned stuff on the shelf this year. You won’t believe how much better homemade sauce tastes.) Get our homemade cranberry sauce recipe.
Eton mess—kind of a cross between trifle and pavlova—makes the perfect sweet-tart-creamy-crunchy ending to a festive meal. Both the meringues and the saucy fruit can be made days ahead, so all you need to do is whip your cream and assemble your mess—either in individual bowls or glasses or on a platter, family-style—when you’re ready for it. Get our cranberry and clementine Eton mess recipe.
These festive tartlets come together quickly are bursting with flavour. They can also be made ahead and reheated. Get our recipe for Mini Gorgonzola-Cranberry Quiches.
Quick, easy and classic, this cranberry sauce recipe takes only 10 minutes to make. Get our easy cranberry sauce recipe.
These sugared cranberries are the perfect garnish for almost any holiday dessert (but they're pretty good for snacking, too!). Get our sugared cranberries recipe.
Drizzle whisky-butter sauce over warm raspberry and cranberry cake, top with whipped cream, and let the good times roll. Get our bushberry pudding cake recipe.
A festive twist on a classic spritz, this version adds cranberry juice and uses frozen cranberries to both chill and garnish the drink and sprigs of rosemary to add wintry enchantment. Get our cranberry Aperol spritz recipe.
Use an assortment of pear varietals, such as Anjou, Bosc and Bartlett in this warm drink (it boosts the Fall flavour even more). Get our pear mulled wine recipe.
Get this sangria cranberry sauce recipe.
Adding a spoonful of jam is an easy way to make a flavour base for a cocktail, and cranberry sauce ticks that same box. If your sauce is super chunky, you can chop it up—by hand or with a food processor—before using. Get Eshun Mott's cranberry gin smash recipe.
The addition of coconut turns buttery shortbread cookies into moist chewy bites. Popping with flavour, these one-bite morsels burst with fresh lime and zingy cranberry. Get our cranberry shortbread cookie chews recipe.
An elegant (and easy) way to update baked brie is by adding a simple sauce of maple syrup, nuts, citrus peel, cranberries and spices. Get this baked brie recipe.
The crunch of pistachios meets the sweet-tart flavour of cranberries in this easy biscotti recipe. Get our pistachio and cranberry biscotti recipe.
How pretty is this? And this sweet-tart treat is easy to make. Get this candied cranberry recipe.
A citrus-laced cranberry sauce is the perfect topping for this creamy cheesecake. Get the classic cheesecake with cranberry sauce recipe.
We guarantee this will be the most delicious way you will ever use a can of cranberry sauce. It takes on a luxurious cheesecake texture without any baking needed. Get this cranberry cloud pie recipe.
This gooey Canadian classic—one of our most requested recipes—gets a colourful holiday spin with the addition of fresh cranberries. Get this cranberry butter tart recipe.
Serve up some sparkling cocktails as you put the finishing touches on dinner. Muddled cranberries, mint and lemon mixed with vodka and ginger beer make for a refreshing and festive drink. Get the cranberry-ginger cocktail recipe.
That’s right — you can bake cranberries into your side dishes, too. Get the Italian polenta stuffing recipe.
Our twist on classic trifle sparkles with fruit. Since it tastes better if refrigerated overnight, you only have to dollop on whipped cream before serving. Get this cranberry trifle recipe.
We retrieved this jiggly gem from 1977, and (spoiler alert) it’s still a favourite. Our moulded version makes a stunning centrepiece. Get our Cointreau cranberry jelly recipe.
A fun citrus-infused drink, this vodka soda goes well with our chocolate-covered pretzels and can also be turned into a mocktail. Get our cranberry-orange vodka soda recipe.
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