Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Cranberry Heaven

Sugared Cranberries and
Cranberry Spice Syrup
Makes 3 cups cranberries

Sweet and tangy sugared cranberries make a surprising addition to candy bowls, your favorite apple pie recipe, cheesecake,baked brie, pancake or ice cream topping.






Ingredients
3 cups sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
6 whole cloves
3 cups water
3 cups fresh cranberries, rinsed
1 cup superfine sugar

Mix sugar, cinnamon sticks and cloves with water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Simmer for 1 minute, stirring until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat and pour into a bowl. Stir in cranberries. Cover and refrigerate for about 8 hours. Drain cranberries. Reserve liquid, strain out cinnamon sticks and cloves and use as a simple syrup to add a holiday touch.

Place superfine sugar in a bowl and gently toss in cranberries, coating evenly. Place cranberries on a baking sheet to dry, about 1 to 2 hours.

Store in an airtight container.

To Can Syrup



Fill jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace and boil in water bath canner for 20 minutes. When serving, if you'd like a thicker syrup, simply add a little cornstarch before heating it up.

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We sprinkled sugared cranberries and poured the cranberry spice syrup on top of our pancake dinner last night. It was absolutely delightful! And if you will be coming to Sunday family dinner this week, these will be featured in our pancake bar. I mean, who doesn't love breakfast for dinner? Especially with something as sinfully delicious as these?




Thanks Whole Foods and USU Extension services
for helping me out on this one!

2 comments:

Connie said...

Oh nice, if it weren't post-dinner time, I'd be making this right now.

~B. said...

Well if you do decide to make it, let me know how you like it.

The second time we made it, it tasted like red hot candies to me! Tastes very Christmas-y but would work equally well for Valentine's day I think.