24 Cheery Recipes Using Cherries

Save the rest of the cherry liquid; it's good drizzled over plain vanilla ice cream or even over yogurt.

This crumble has a crisp brown butter topping, like the best cookie you ever ate, spread over a field of tart cherries swimming in their sweet, jammy syrup.

Grab your cherry pitter and jam jars, and toast the weekend with an ice cold Cherry Sour.

This cake has a completely delicious almond-flecked crumb, dripping in luscious cream and cherry syrup, but the tangy, sour cream frosting really takes it over the top, renewing its reputation to all its original glory.

Loaded with fresh cherries straight from the farmers market, spiked with cherry liqueur, and finished with cherry bitters this sangria is as pretty on the palate as it is in the pitcher.

You'll want to slather this cherry cream cheese spread, pink and whipped, on top of mini bagels and top with dates, walnuts and chopped cherries.

A thin, unassuming batter of eggs, flour, and sugar is poured into a hot pan, and through the miracle of steam, the pancake emerges from the oven puffed and golden with crispy sky-high ridges around the edge. Serve the caramelized cherry sauce on the side for dipping and drizzle more over the top.

This simple, almost pound cake dessert freezes beautifully. Perfect for tucking in a lunchbox or pulling out of the freezer on a rainy day, slices of this cake thawed will rival their just baked counterparts. And it works perfectly with cherries.

Goat ricotta, balsamic vinegar, black pepper … not your typical dessert ingredients but oh, what an alluring combination! This is what you make when you have a handful of ripe summer cherries and a craving for something special yet not too sweet.

A paper thin blanket of flour and eggs is wrapped around a silky vanilla-ricotta filling, which are then baked, and finally dusted with powdered sugar and a drizzle of fresh cherry syrup.