Cherry Preserves Recipes

Cherry preserves are a pantry-friendly way to bring deep cherry flavor to recipes year-round. Their sweet-tart profile works beautifully in baked goods, breakfast dishes, sauces, and quick desserts.

Use them as a filling for thumbprint cookies, layer cakes, hand pies, crêpes, or turnovers, or spoon them over cheesecake, panna cotta, yogurt, waffles, and ice cream. They also melt easily into vinaigrettes, barbecue sauces, and glazes for pork, chicken, duck, or meatballs.

Because preserves already contain sugar and fruit, they can add both sweetness and body to a recipe. Warm gently to loosen the texture, strain if you need a smooth sauce, or pair with lemon juice, vinegar, herbs, or spices to balance richness.