270 cheery recipes

Cherried sweet potato scallop layers sweet potatoes and tart cherries in brown sugar and orange juice syrup, crowned with toasted marshmallows. A retro holiday side with a tart twist.

Panforte is the dense, chewy Sienese Christmas cake packed with toasted hazelnuts and almonds, dates, cherries, cocoa, and warm spices, bound by hot honey caramel. A traditional Italian holiday confection.

Homemade Chex-style snack mix with shredded wheat, Cheerios, pretzels, and peanuts baked with Worcestershire, dill, and garlic salt. Keeps for 6 weeks.

No-bake Kahlua cocoa balls made with vanilla wafer crumbs, pecans, cocoa, golden raisins, and candied cherries. Roll in coconut, powdered sugar, or nuts.

Pineapple lemon upside-down muffins with crushed pineapple, maraschino cherries, brown sugar, and lemon zest baked in whole wheat. Flip them out for a caramelized top.

Old-fashioned bourbon nut cake loaded with pecans, raisins, and candied cherries, baked low and slow in a tube pan. Mellows for a week and tastes even better with time.

Grilled chicken kabobs glazed with honey Dijon mustard, threaded with red potatoes, mushrooms, and cherry tomatoes. A colorful, protein-packed skewer dinner that's ready in one hour.

The perfect holiday bread that is great plain or toasted!

Frozen fruit punch made with mashed bananas, crushed pineapple, maraschino cherries, and orange juice, then broken into icy chunks and topped with ginger ale and white wine. A slushy, fruity party punch.

Tropical ice punch blends mashed bananas, crushed pineapple, orange juice, and maraschino cherries into a frozen base. Add ginger ale and white wine to serve.

Baked pork chops topped with rice-stuffed green pepper rings, cream of mushroom soup, red onion, and cherry tomatoes. A retro casserole that doubles as dinner and presentation.

Microwave chocolate cherry upside-down cake bakes in 12 minutes flat. A dairy-free wacky cake batter swirled with cherry pie filling, inverted onto a plate for a glossy ruby topping.

Moroccan wilted spinach salad with preserved lemon, cilantro, parsley, and a reduced garlic-paprika dressing. A warm North African salad unlike any spinach dish you know.

A show-stopping rhubarb tart in an almond pastry shell, served with fresh strawberry-kirsch sauce and homemade cinnamon ice cream. Three components, one unforgettable spring dessert.

English rocks cookies packed with candied cherries, candied pineapple, dates, and pecans in a spiced brown sugar-buttermilk batter. A dense, fruity holiday cookie baked low and slow.

Pineapple cherry cake loaded with golden raisins, almonds, and candied fruit. A slow-baked fruitcake with crushed pineapple for extra moisture and lemon-vanilla flavor.