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    9 Best Cranberry Recipes

    Published: Dec 8, 2022 by Neil 14 Comments

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    Collage of 9 photographs of best cranberry recipes. Pin title in centre.

    9 Best cranberry recipes for Christmas. Looking for some festive cranberry inspiration? Check out these easy cranberry recipes!

    Collage of 9 photographs of best cranberry recipes. Pin title in centre.

    Well folks, we're heading well into the festive season now and I hope you enjoyed my last cranberry recipe, the cranberry and white chocolate flapjacks.

    I'm a huge fan of any kind of recipe that uses cranberries. Especially at this time of year!

    I mean who doesn't love cranberries? They have such a unique bright, tart flavour.

    They also look great at this time of year. Especially in holiday season recipes.

    So here's all my 9 best cranberry recipes that I think you'll enjoy baking this Christmas.

    All of these are easy cranberry recipes. Great for serving up to guests, taking to baking parties, or for something after Christmas dinner.

    The recipes below, with the exception of the cranberry banana muffins, are all recipes with dried cranberries.

    I do love fresh cranberry recipes but often fresh cranberries are hard to get here.

    Frozen cranberries are available but sometimes just don't taste the same as fresh if you ask me.

    So I usually always opt for dried cranberries which you can easily get in your grocery store.

    That also means you can make any of these cranberry recipes all year round too!

    Hope you enjoy your Christmas baking!

    9 Best Cranberry Recipes

    1. Cranberry Overnight Oats

    Wake up to a breakfast already made with these overnight cranberry oats. This recipe is also a great way to use up any leftover cranberry sauce!

    A bowl of cranberry overnight oats with spoon in front and jar of dried cranberries in the background.
    Cranberry Overnight Oats
    Overnight cranberry oats. Wake up to a delicious and easy festive breakfast! A great way to use up any leftover cranberry sauce too!
    Check out this recipe
    A bowl of cranberry overnight oats with spoon in front and jar of dried cranberries in the background.

    2. Baked Cranberry Oatmeal

    This is a quick to make baked oatmeal breakfast with a delicious sweet taste and a fantastic aroma of cinnamon. Great for a festive breakfast!

    Baked cranberry oatmeal in a baking dish with a serving taken out and a serving spoon in the dish.
    Baked Cranberry Oatmeal
    Baked cranberry oatmeal makes for a great healthy start to your day. This easy to make delicious breakfast is naturally sweetened and can be made ahead too!
    Check out this recipe
    Baked cranberry oatmeal in a baking dish with a serving taken out and a serving spoon.

    3. Dark Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies

    These dark chocolate chip cranberry cookies are irresistibly soft and chewy. They're full of delicious sweet cranberries and melted dark chocolate chunks and are incredibly easy to make too.

    A plate of 3 delicious dark chocolate chip cranberry cookies served and ready to eat.
    Dark Chocolate Chip Cranberry Cookies
    Dark chocolate chip cranberry cookies are delicious sweet soft and chewy holiday treats. The combination of melted dark chocolate chips and sweet cranberries are irresistible!
    Check out this recipe
    A plate of 3 delicious dark chocolate chip cranberry cookies served and ready to eat.

    4. Wholemeal Chocolate Cranberry Cookies

    Looking for a healthier cranberry cookie? These are made with wholemeal flour and with no sugar either. Plus they're only 142 calories each!

    A plate of wholemeal chocolate cranberry cookies with a glass of milk behind.
    Wholemeal Chocolate Cranberry Cookies
    These wholemeal chocolate cranberry cookies are so delicious! Rich in chocolate taste, sweet with cranberries and with a soft crunch and chewy centre they're a much healthier bake than traditional cookies too!
    Check out this recipe
    These wholemeal chocolate cranberry cookies are so delicious! Rich in chocolate taste, sweet with cranberries and with a soft crunch and chewy centre they're a much healthier bake than traditional cookies too!

    5. Cranberry Banana Muffins

    You'll love these sweet and delicious muffins. They're full of banana flavour! These are healthy cranberry banana muffins. They're only 140 calories each!

    Cranberry banana muffins on a slate. One at the front a pile of cranberries to the side and a porcelian snowman with a stack of the muffins in the background.
    Cranberry Banana Muffins
    These cranberry banana muffins are not only delicious but they're low in fat and low calorie too. Perfect as a snack or as a grab and go healthy breakfast!
    Check out this recipe
    These cranberry banana muffins are not only delicious but they're low in fat and low calorie too! Perfect as a snack or as a grab and go healthy breakfast they take just 20 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to bake.

    6. Cranberry Banana Bread

    Delicious low calorie, low fat, healthier non-butter cranberry banana bread. I think you’re going to love it!

    Cranberry banana bread sliced on a serving dish.
    Cranberry Banana Bread
    Make this deliciously moist and healthy cranberry banana bread at any time of the year.
    Check out this recipe
    This deliciously moist cranberry banana bread is not only a fantastic healthy addition to your Christmas baking list but as you use dried cranberries here, as opposed to fresh cranberries, you can make it all year round!

    7. Chocolate Cranberry Truffles

    So rich, dark and chocolatey. With a secret ingredient. I fully understand if they don't last that long!

    A plate of chocolate cranberry truffles with one cut in half. Another plate in the background as well as two cups of coffee.
    📋 Chocolate Cranberry Truffles
    Indulge a little with these delicious chocolate cranberry truffles. Easy to make these sweet and savoury bites are perfect for any occasion!
    Check out this recipe
    These chocolate cranberry truffles are vegan, paleo and gluten free. This is a fun Christmas bake with a secret ingredient and as each truffle comes in at only 184 calories, one you can still enjoy even if you're watching your waistline!

    8. Wholemeal Cranberry Scones

    These wholemeal cranberry scones are ideal for whipping up, in just over half an hour, if you’ve got family or friends on the way over or for something different if you’re fed up of the traditional Christmas fayre.

    A chopping board with wholemeal cranberry scones on and a pot of jam with a spoon in the middle. A scone cut in half at the front.
    Wholemeal Cranberry Scones
    If you love scones, you'll love these fruity wholemeal cranberry scones. They're such a delicious easy bake. Great for sharing and healthier than those made with just white flour too!
    Check out this recipe
    Wholemeal cranberry scones. If you love scones, you'll love these delicious fruity ones. They're such a delicious easy bake. Great for sharing with family and much healthier than those made just with white flour too!

    9. No Bake Cranberry Flapjacks

    No bake cranberry flapjacks. Delicious chewy and packed full of healthy oats nuts, almond butter and cranberries. This easy recipe is minimum effort too!

    No bake cranberry flapjacks stacked in a line on a black square slate.
    No Bake Cranberry Flapjacks
    These chewy no bake cranberry flapjacks are a great little nutritious treat. The best thing being they do not require any baking!
    Check out this recipe
    No bake cranberry flapjacks are delicious, chewy and just packed full with all the goodness of porridge oats, pecan nuts, almond butter and cranberries. They're great as little treats with the minimum of effort required too!

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    Comments

    1. angiesrecipes

      December 08, 2022 at 4:32 am

      We love cranberries in your baked goods and salads. This is a great collection of yummy recipes, Neil.

      Reply
      • Neil

        December 08, 2022 at 5:30 am

        Thanks Angie! Thought everyone would like to see a reminder of all the great (and easy) Cranberry baking I've done in the last (nearly) 10 years!

        Reply
    2. Sherry M

      December 11, 2022 at 10:53 am

      these sound great neil. i like the sound of the dark chocolate chip cookies! i am going to make sour dried cherries and marzipan biscuits this week from a recent cookbook purchase (by Ella RIsbridger.). they sound amazing too!

      Reply
      • Neil

        December 11, 2022 at 1:10 pm

        Thanks Sherry. Those biscuits sound amazing!

        Reply
    3. Frank | Memorie di Angelina

      December 11, 2022 at 3:16 pm

      I like cranberries so much I'd be hard pressed to choose among all these lovely recipes. But if you put a gun to my head, I guess I'd have to go for the truffles.The look awesome. 🙂

      Reply
      • Neil

        December 12, 2022 at 5:52 am

        I certainly hope no one puts a gun to your head Frank! 😉 But those truffles are delicious! Thank you.

        Reply
    4. Jeff the Chef @ Make It Like a Man!

      December 12, 2022 at 1:13 am

      There can never be enough cranberry recipes! Thanks!

      Reply
      • Neil

        December 12, 2022 at 6:00 am

        Thank you Jeff. I absolutely agree with you 100% there!

        Reply
    5. David @ Spiced

      December 12, 2022 at 12:44 pm

      Excellent collection here, Neil! I always grab a couple extra bags of cranberries this time of the year. Then I just store 'em in the freezer for times when I can't find cranberries. Now I have 10 more recipes to try...10 because those flapjacks were already on the list! 🙂

      Reply
      • Neil

        December 12, 2022 at 12:52 pm

        Thanks David. Hope you get a chance to try some of these recipes! 🙂

        Reply
    6. Ron

      December 13, 2022 at 10:18 am

      Neil, this is a great cranberry recipe round-up. We rarely see cranberries here, but we have their cousin, the lingonberry. Thanks for sharing all the great recipe ideas...

      Reply
      • Neil

        December 13, 2022 at 1:54 pm

        Thank you Ron! As I said in the post, you can't beat cranberries in my opinion at this time of year. And I do love lingonberries too! 🙂

        Reply
    7. Raymund | angsarap.net

      December 15, 2022 at 10:21 pm

      What a nice collection of recipes! Specially that cranberry banana bread, yum!

      Reply
      • Neil

        December 16, 2022 at 5:31 am

        Yes, I made that one again this year and it's gone down really well. Mainly because me and my other half ate it all. Ha ha! Thanks Raymond!

        Reply

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