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Cranberry Pineapple Freeze

Continuing with our Cranberry recipes. This recipe comes from Jennifer my DIL or Step DIL, however you want to look at it. In our house we really don't look at anything as steps and besides I love my son as my son. Anyway, so this recipe comes from Jennifer. Here's Jennifer.......Hi Jenn!

 

Ok, so here is Jennifer's recipe. I did mine just slightly different. Instead of making it a freeze I simply mixed mine up and placed in the fridge. I'm not much on frozen desserts (it hurts my teeth), so mine turned out much like a cool whip dessert, kinda like Watergate salad in a way.

Cranberry Pineapple Freeze

1 14oz can sweetened condensed milk

9 oz cool whip (I added a bit more)

1/4 c lemon juice

16 oz whole cranberry jelly  -- I used 2 cups of my homemade cranberry jelly

20 oz can crushed pineapple, well drained

1/4 c. chopped walnuts -- I used pecans

Combine milk and lemon juice, stir in cranberries, pineapple and nuts. Fold in cool whip and freeze. Serve slightly thawed.

Here's my finished product:

 

This dessert was YUMMY!! It was so light and cool, but it does have a rich texture. It would be so pretty served in a compote glass with a few sugared cranberries in one corner. Note to self: must try that and take picture!

Hope ya'll enjoy!

Homemade Cranberry Jelly

Since we are on cranberries I decided to go ahead and share what other cranberry recipes that I used for Thanksgiving. First up homemade cranberry jelly. I have always loved cranberry jelly out of the can. My whole family LOVES it! I have never made it homemade before this year mostly because I thought it was much like making traditional jellies and would be too much work. Well......I found this recipe and it was just a plain recipe with no extra stuff like orange peel or anything else. It was just plain cranberries, sugar and water. So I decided to give it a whirl. This is so unbelievably easy that I will never again purchase this from a can. Wow was this good! I doubled this recipe so that I could have some extra jelly to use in another recipe that will come up next, Cranberry Freeze or my version was Cranberry Fluff so stay tuned those will post next.

Publix had these little jewels on sale buy one get one free so I ended up caving and purchasing several bags and am I glad I did!

Here they are all washed and pretty.

Aren't they gorgeous? They just scream take a picture of me!

Homemade Cranberry Sauce

1 12 ounce bag of fresh or frozen cranberries
1 cup sugar
1 cup water

1. In a saucepan, mix water and sugar and heat on medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Add cranberries and bring to a low boil. Stir frequently and reduce heat to keep the sauce at a low boil for about 10 minutes. When the sauce begins to thicken and the cranberries begin to burst remove from heat. The sauce will thicken as it cools.

 

The picture above is what they look like as they are cooking and the cranberries are starting to pop. The next picture is the finished product. If you have an opportunity to try this recipe you won't be sorry.

 

Sugared Cranberries

It never ceases to amaze me at how much time goes by between my posts. I can't believe the last one was in October. I've also been needing to post my Thanksgiving recipes. I can't believe it's been a week since Thanksgiving already. So to start off my collection of shares for y'all what better thing to start with than these.

 

Aren't they gorgeous??? And soooooo addictive!! Sugared Cranberries are  really good I'm warning you one is not enough. Before you know it you are talking to yourself and trying to keep your hands out of them so that your DH can have a few! Ok so that was me, but you've been warned. These things are GOOD! You will need to allow yourself a little time to make them, but they are worth the wait.

According to the experts on the net, Superfine Sugar can not be found in the South. I just took some of my regular granulated sugar and processed it in my food processor for about a minute. It worked beautifully. Don't process your sugar too long though or you will have powdered sugar!

Sugared Cranberries

 

• 2  cups  granulated sugar
• 2  cups  water
• 2  cups  fresh cranberries
• 3/4  cup  superfine sugar

Preparation

Combine granulated sugar and water in a small saucepan over low heat, stirring mixture until sugar dissolves. Bring to a simmer; remove from heat. (Do not boil or the cranberries may pop when added.) Stir in cranberries; pour mixture into a bowl. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours or overnight.

Drain cranberries in a colander over a bowl, reserving steeping liquid, if desired. Place superfine sugar in a shallow dish. Add the cranberries, rolling to coat with sugar. Spread sugared cranberries in a single layer on a baking sheet; let stand at room temperature 1 hour or until dry.

Note: The steeping liquid clings to the berries and helps the sugar adhere. Store in an airtight container in a cool place for up to a week.