Moms Cranberry Sauce Food

PERFECT CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Empty a 12-ounce bag of fresh or frozen cranberries into a saucepan and transfer 1/2 cup to a small bowl. Add 1 cup sugar, 1 strip orange or lemon zest and 2 tablespoons water to the pan and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and the cranberries are soft, about 10 minutes. Increase the heat to medium and cook until the cranberries burst, about 12 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and stir in the reserved cranberries. Add sugar, salt and pepper to taste and cool to room temperature before serving.

BECKY'S MOM'S CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C).
• Stir together the cranberries, sugar, and liqueur in a baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 1 1/2 hours, stirring every 20 minutes. Store refrigerated in a tightly-covered container.

GRANDMA'S CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Cut up 3 medium apples with peeling. Put in kettle with cranberries and water.
• Boil until skins pop.
• Push cranberries through fine sieve into bowl to capture the skins of cranberries and apples.
• Add sugar to bowl and then put back to boil. Cook for 5 minutes. Pour into bowl.
• Let Cool before putting saran wrap on and putting in fridge.

MOM'S THANKSGIVING CRANBERRY JELLO MOLD

Steps:

• In a large bowl, dissolve the packages of jello in the hot water.
• Add the cold water and the cranberry sauce. Blend well and chill.
• Before mixture sets, add apples, celery and nuts and mix well.
• Pour into a jello 3 cup mold sprayed lightly with a vegetable oil.
• Chill until it sets and invert on a plate when ready to serve. You can garnish with parsley sprigs.