6 festive cranberry cream spread Recipes

light cream cheese, softened, cheddar cheese, finely shredded (1/2-1 cup, to taste), diced dried apricot, dried sweetened cranberries, chopped, scallions, very thinly sliced with some of the green, sliced almonds (only if you are going to roll it as a cheese ball or log), cracker (or bagels for leftovers)

water, sugar, fresh or frozen cranberries, apricot preserves, lemon juice, almonds, toasted, cream cheese, assorted crackers

nonfat cream cheese, cranberry-raspberry crushed fruit for chicken (ocean spray), amaretto (optional), chopped pecans

water, sugar, fresh cranberries or 1 (12 oz) package frozen cranberries, apricot preserves, lemon juice, almonds, toasted, cream cheese, assorted cracker