Recipes with food coloring

A buttery ginger pound cake baked in a ring mold, splashed with rum, and crowned with a garland of poached pears, candied orange peel, and grapes glazed in apple jelly. A showpiece holiday dessert.

Green Pepper Jalapeño Jelly with Red Pepper Flakes recipe

Chocolate coconut cake roll spirals a light cocoa sponge around a fluffy cherry-coconut whipped cream filling. Rolled warm so it won't crack, then chilled and dusted with powdered sugar. A retro showstopper.

Simple and colorful, which makes it perfect for the holidays!

This cut-out cookie from Bev Bosveld of Waupun is dressed up with chewy oats and crushed peppermint for a pleasing result.

Simple hard candy Christmas molds made with sugar, corn syrup, and your choice of flavoring and color. Just 5 ingredients and a candy thermometer for sparkling holiday treats kids love to unwrap.

Homemade maraschino cherries preserved in sugar syrup with almond extract and lemon juice. A three-day canning project for bright red cocktail cherries without artificial preservatives.

Homemade Galliano liqueur made with vodka, anise extract, vanilla, and a slow-simmered sugar syrup. Rests for two weeks to develop that signature golden, herbal sweetness.

Orange chiffon pie folds whipped egg whites into a citrusy gelatin-set orange custard for a cloud-light filling in a flaky pastry shell. A retro chilled pie topped with whipped cream and orange slices.

Key lime roll cake filled with lime-spiked lemon pie filling and frosted with whipped topping. A light, tangy jelly roll dessert tinted pale green and garnished with lime slices.

Aunt Catherine's Italian Cookies: a heirloom cookie with almond extract, cinnamon, and chopped nuts, finished in pastel-colored powdered sugar icing. Stores for months in tins.

Soft rolled molasses cookies with gentle ginger and cinnamon, topped with a simple egg white icing. Kid-friendly spice level and great for cookie cutters.

Old-fashioned cinnamon pickles made from cucumber rings soaked in pickling lime and candied in a sweet cinnamon syrup over 4 days. A cherished Southern canning tradition.

Old-fashioned raspberry fruit jellies, homemade candy made from fresh fruit juice boiled with sugar, set with gelatine and rolled in fine sugar. Soft, jewel-bright squares with a real fruit tang.

These pretty little peppermint-flavored cookies are a tasty, colorful addition to any holiday cookie box.

These pretty little peppermint-flavored cookies are a tasty, colorful addition to any holiday cookie box.