Thanksgiving Cranberry Recipes

Dollops of whole cranberry sauce add a lovely touch to the center of light drop biscuits. 

Sweet and tangy cocktail meatballs are baked in a fruity and colorful cranberry sauce glaze in this recipe that originated on Cape Cod. 

Leftover turkey has a delicious new personality in this tasty salad inspired by New England cranberries and fresh herbs such as parsley and rosemary. Serve the salad on croissants, crusty rolls, or a bed of lettuce. A lighter version can be made using reduced fat mayonnaise and sour cream. 

Dried cranberries join Granny Smith apples in this Fall pie perfect for Thanksgiving. 

These fruity muffins feature cranberries, grated carrots, orange zest, and chia seeds. 

This quick and simple recipe uses a prepared graham cracker pie crust, whole-berry cranberry sauce, whipped topping, and cream cheese. 

An unusual blend of flavors come together seamlessly in this chicken dish. Chicken pieces are fried with green pepper, garlic, and onions; then everything is simmered with sweet vermouth and cranberry sauce. 

Everyone loves this chicken pasta salad loaded with crunchy cashews, juicy seedless grapes, and crisp water chestnuts, celery, and green onions. You won't go wrong serving this recipe. 

This slow cooker recipe creates a wonderful, mild, sweet and spicy flavor and works best with frozen chicken. Serve over rice or couscous, or with crusty bread for dipping. 

A chewy chocolate mix with dried cranberries - a holiday treat! I prefer to use white whole wheat flour because it's not as heavy as regular whole wheat flour.  

This creamy cranberry salad can be served frozen as well as chilled. 

A rich, creamy cheese spread is layered with red cranberries and green pistachios, and turned out onto a dish for a festive and colorful holiday treat. 

It's a shame that fruitcake as a species gets such a bad rap. With its two key ingredients--rum and butter--it ought to be a hit. This recipe includes dried cherries, mango, cranberries, and currants soaked in rum overnight (a week or a month or more is even better). After it's baked, it ages in cheesecloth with additional splashes of rum. Let it ripen for 10 weeks for best flavor. 

It's a shame that fruitcake as a species gets such a bad rap. With its two key ingredients - rum and butter - it ought to be a hit. This recipe includes dried fruit, instead of the glowing, candied stuff we've all learned to associate with fruitcake, and is less dense and more cake-like than many fruitcake recipes. It has become a favorite of my friends and family around the holidays (even the skeptical ones), and is delicious by itself, or covered with a layer of almond paste. Fruitcake is also traditional for wedding cake in England, and makes a very rich, sophisticated dessert for luncheons or teas. 

Prepare overnight oatmeal for Christmas morning by taking advantage of your slow cooker. Mix old-fashioned rolled oats with apple and cranberry juices, nutmeg, cinnamon, brown sugar, sliced apples, and dried cranberries to make a special holiday breakfast. 

A pork loin roasted with a glaze of spiced cranberries and orange zest will make your house smell like Christmas. 

Cranraisins, those lovely, tart dried cranberries, add plenty of zing to this bread machine treat with hints of cinnamon and vanilla. 

These cookies are very pretty, and tasty. Look great on gift trays during the holidays, with the green and red. If you don't like cherries used sweetened dried cranberries. 

These tasty meatballs will disappear quickly from anyone's holiday party. My mom makes them every year for New Years Eve, and now so do I. These do very well in a slow cooker, as you can simmer them before serving, as well as keep them hot for the duration of your party. 

This oatmeal cookie mix, with cranberries and chocolate chips, makes a thoughtful and inexpensive Christmas gift for your friends and family. Be sure to include directions on how to bake them!