23 cros recipes

Learn how to make Easter Hot Cross buns. This easy, no-knead rendition is a sweet Easter tradition to make on Good Friday. This recipe yields subtly sweet buns studded with candied fruit, raisins, and warm spices of cinnamon and nutmeg.

Braised beef chuck pot roast in tomato juice and horseradish sauce with a splash of dry sherry. Slow-simmered until fork-tender with a tangy, savory gravy.

Pressure-cooked beef roast shredded into a rich tomato-clam broth with mushrooms, onions, and garlic creates an unexpected fusion goulash with Hungarian-seafood soul.

A delicious punch that's made with pink lemonade and rainbow sherbert.

Peanut butter sandwiches loaded with sticky torn marshmallow "spit wads" that kids go absolutely wild for. A 5-minute no-cook snack that's equal parts gross-out fun and sweet, gooey satisfaction.

Ralph's Retch, a gleefully gross Halloween drink for kids: strawberry jello chopped into wobbly globs, layered with crushed ice and fizzy strawberry soda. A no-cook party gag that tastes like a sweet slushie.

Snouts and beans: a playful Halloween twist on franks and beans, where knockwurst is carved into curling 'snouts' and simmered with jazzed-up barbecue baked beans. A fun, kid-approved party dish.

Chicken pox pancakes: pancake stacks decorated with banana eyes and mouth, strawberry chunk spots, and powdered sugar pus. Halloween or sick-day kids' breakfast.

Veggie vomit is a Halloween gross-out lime jello salad with grated cabbage, carrots, crushed pineapple, and mandarin oranges. Kids love the gross name; the salad tastes great.

Sugar snap peas are a sweet and crispy cross between snow peas and garden peas. This technique for blanching ensures your peas stay bright green and perfectly tender crisp.

Savory fiddlehead muffins blend cornmeal and flour with cooked spring fiddleheads for a rustic side that tastes like a cross between cornbread and a wild-foraged forest walk.

Irish whole wheat soda bread with buttermilk, no yeast, and no rising time. A rustic round loaf with a signature cross on top that bakes in under an hour.

Cathedral windows candy with melted chocolate chips, colored marshmallows, and powdered sugar rolled into a log and sliced to reveal stained glass-like cross sections. No-bake and freezer friendly.

Dutch oven pot roast braised with red wine, rosemary, thyme, sage, and bay leaves, with potatoes added in the last 30 minutes. A classic Sunday beef dinner with built-in gravy.

A succulent dish that's simple to make with this easy recipe that's hassle-free!

Sugar snap peas, strips of chicken and greens with pasta and dressed with a garlicky Caesar salad dressing.