Cranberry gingerbread pancakes

All the flavors of the classic holiday gingerbread are in these delicious pancakes perfect for the Christmas season. An extra pop of fresh cranberries brings a tart and fresh contrast to these sweet pancakes.

Cranberry & brown sugar glazed turkey meatloaf

Turkey meatloaf is glazed with a sweet and tangy sauce of brown sugar and fresh cranberries for a delicious autumn dinner. If you like cranberries, this meal is sure to be a family favorite.

Pecan-crusted chicken tenders with cranberry ketchup

Change-up your usual chicken tenders with these pecan-crusted chicken tenders that are dipped in a festive fall ketchup made with cranberries. 

Glazed cranberry gingerbread muffins

Warm holiday gingerbread flavors along with bright tart seasonal cranberries come together in these delicious muffins topped with a cranberry juice glaze.

Braised red cabbage with cranberries and maple

Beautiful red cabbage is braised with fresh seasonal cranberries, pure maple syrup, apple cider, and warm spices for a flavorful and colorful fall and winter side dish that is perfect for the holidays.

Slow cooker cranberry apple butter

Smooth and tangy and lightly spiced cranberry apple butter is cooked in the slow cooker and then stored in freezer containers to use throughout the year. It's perfect on biscuits, toast, sourdough bread, swirled into oatmeal, and more.

Broccoli stem slaw with cranberries

Save your fresh broccoli stems and use them to make an easy and delicious slaw! This slaw has a simple dressing and chewy dried cranberries along with salted roasted sunflower seeds for extra flavor and texture.

Whole wheat cranberry pancakes

Fluffy and hearty whole wheat pancakes are studded with tart fresh cranberries for a delicious fall or winter breakfast!

Cranberry cornmeal cookies

Cornmeal cookies filled with sweet and tart dried cranberries and rolled in sugar are a childhood holiday favorite. These cookies are simple, rustic, unique, and yummy!

Cranberry curd tart

Sweet and tangy cranberry curd fills a shortbread crust flecked with orange zest for a delightful and colorful autumn or holiday dessert!

Cranberry orange bread

Cranberry and orange is a classic holiday flavor combination and they shine together in this easy and delicious quick bread that is perfect for a holiday breakfast, brunch, snack, or potluck. 

One bowl cranberry banana bread muffins

Tart cranberries in a sweet banana bread muffin made with maple syrup, a bit of whole wheat flour, and warm spices makes for a delicious autumn muffin recipe. 

Cranberry custard pie

 

 

Tart cranberries are nestled in a sweet custard filling for a delicious and different pie for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or anytime during cranberry season.

Cranberry apple crisp

Traditional apple crisp is enhanced by the addition of tart little cranberries in this dessert. 

Sour cream cranberry bars

These delicious bars combine sour cream and dried cranberries with a bit of lemon zest and are sandwiched in a buttery crust of oats, flour, and brown sugar for a delicious dessert. 

Cranberry apple pie

Thanksgiving is coming and that means it's time for PIE. Well, here it's pretty much always time for pie, but Thanksgiving is the official pie holiday.

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Each year I like to make a new pie along with the standby of Old-fashioned Pumpkin Pie. Concord Grape Tart has pretty much become a standby now since I first introduced it to my family a few years ago. Others we love for Thanksgiving are Maple Pecan Pie, Honey Walnut Pie, Sweet Potato Pie, and Chocolate Cream Pie. 

This year I wanted to try a pie with cranberry. I really love cranberries and am striving to incorporate them into more dishes through their season other than just cranberry sauce (which I love by the way). We still had some apples left in the crisper from apple picking so I though I'd try combining the two into a pie that is perfect for your Thanksgiving dinner.

I enjoyed this pie a lot because it was sweet, but not cloying sweet - the tartness from the cranberries was a lovely compliment to the pie. 

It's also a pie that's perfect to be served with a small scoop of vanilla ice cream on top, or a good dollop of whipped cream. 

Orange-scented cranberry cake with sugared cranberries

Sugared cranberries are something I've been wanting to make for a while now because they just look so pretty and festive. Recently, we had a birthday dinner for my mom and I was in charge of the dessert. She requested a cranberry cake and this gave me the opportunity to make sugared cranberries to decorate this cake studded with fresh cranberries and orange zest. My mom doesn't like frosting, so I went with a very light glaze made with fresh orange juice - or you could top each slice with some freshly whipped cream and the sugared cranberries. Everyone enjoyed the cake and my husband really enjoyed the sugared cranberries and was eating them like candy!

This cake was adapted from this recipe that I've had marked for a while now. I'm really glad I gave this cake a try. It was only lightly sweet, but sweet enough, with punches of tartness from the fresh cranberries. I really do love fresh cranberries and do not use them nearly enough in my cooking. I'm changing that for sure. If you are looking for an elegant holiday dessert, look no further! It's a bit of a process, but the results are worth it. I'll definitely be making sugared cranberries more often now!

Pumpkin spice granola

Granola is a staple in our household, though usually it's in bar form (I need to update that recipe as I've made many changes over the years, especially in reducing the sugar). We make granola bars almost every Sunday for our weekday breakfast. Every once in a while though, I crave granola cereal with cool creamy milk. It's usually happens around this time of year when there's pumpkin puree around because that's how I almost always make it. I love granola that is full of spices. It fills your home with wonderful aroma as it bakes. You can eat this granola just as is, but I like to eat it as cereal or with plain yogurt. I wanted to have it around for Thanksgiving week for quick, nutritious breakfasts that make me think fall! Plus, it's a perfect recipe for Week 4 of 12 Weeks of Winter Squash!

On a side note, it seems that the manual focus is working better on my camera, so I'm getting decent photos again now (autofocus is still toast). I love the little pitcher in this photo. My Grandmother made it and the matching plates in her ceramics class!

Persimmon cranberry sauce

 

 

Sweet seasonal persimmon is mixed into homemade cranberry sauce for a delicious twist on the holiday side dish. 

Apple-turkey burgers with cranberry-apple relish

A turkey burger with apple topped with a cranberry apple relish makes a delicious autumn inspired meal.

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My bushel of apples is slowly dwindling down... We've picked out a bunch of small ones and put them away in the refrigerator for snacks. I still have quite a few for cooking though. I've made some of my standbys like applesauce and autumn pork roast, and new recipes like apple crisp pie and these burgers that were inspired by this recipe. 

I like incorporating fruits into savory dishes, so I was pretty excited to try out these burgers, plus they used up two more of my apples! These burgers were really moist from the addition of grated apple into the turkey and the topping was a nice mix of sweet, tart, and a touch of heat.

This recipe will make four burgers. I served them with some simple roasted purple cauliflower (we got a beautiful head at the farmers' market last weekend). It was a great weeknight autumn meal and unlike any burger I've had before.