Walnut Cranberry Applesauce Food

CRANBERRY WALNUT COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Cream white sugar, brown sugar, and butter together in a large mixing bowl. Beat milk, orange juice, and egg into the creamed mixture.
• Sift flour, baking powder, cinnamon, salt, and baking soda together in a separate bowl; blend into the wet ingredients in the mixing bowl to form a cookie dough. Stir cranberries and walnuts into the dough.
• Drop the dough onto the prepared baking sheet by the teaspoonful.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, 10 to 15 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Sprinkle confectioners' sugar over the cookies to serve.

CRAN-APPLE WALNUT CAKE

Steps:

• In a bowl, beat the egg, egg whites, brown sugar, oil, applesauce and vanilla. , Combine the dry ingredients; stir into applesauce mixture just until blended. Fold in the apples, cranberries and walnuts. Pour into a 13x9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. , Bake at 350° for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack. Dust with confectioners' sugar.

CRANBERRY APPLESAUCE

Steps:

• Peel and core apples then cut into large chunks. If using an immersion blender for a smooth applesauce, you may leave the peels on for added nutrition.
• Place apples, cranberries, maple syrup, cinnamon, cloves, orange zest, salt and water into a large heavy bottomed pot on medium high heat.
• Cook for 10 minutes then stir.
• Cook an additional 15-20 minutes with lid on, stirring regularly until sauce is preferred consistency.
• For chunky cranberry applesauce, just break things up with a wooden spoon or potato masher. For a totally smooth cranberry applesauce, use an immersion blender to puree.
• Preserve in jars using a water bath method.

CRANBERRY APPLESAUCE MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a muffin pan, or use paper liners.
• In a small bowl, mix together applesauce, oil and egg. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt. Make a well in the center, and pour in egg mixture. Stir until just moistened. Fold in cranberries and pecans. Spoon into muffin cups, 2/3 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 2 minutes before removing.

CRANBERRY WALNUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease and flour a 12 cup standard muffin pan. You can also line with cupcake papers. NOTE: this recipe makes 14 muffins so you can use 2 muffin pans or you can reuse the pan you used for the initial batch of muffins.
• In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, sugar, cinnamon, salt, baking soda, baking powder, nutmeg, walnuts and oats. In another mixing bowl, whisk together the eggs, vanilla extract, pumpkin puree, coconut oil and pumpkin puree. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and gently mix until incorporated. The batter will be thick and lumpy.
• Toss the cranberries in 1 tbsp of flour to coat. Carefully fold into the muffin batter.
• Fill each muffin cup 2/3 full.
• Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, or until slightly golden and a toothpick inserted into the center of one of the muffins comes out clean. If using fresh berries, reduce your baking time by about 5 minutes.
• Cool on a wire rack for 15-20 minutes before serving.

CRANBERRY WALNUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Spray 8 cups of a 12-cup muffin pan with cooking spray.
• In a bowl, mix together Splenda Sweetener, flour, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon.
• In another bowl, combine buttermilk, melted butter, eggs, and orange zest. Add to flour mixture and mix gently to combine. Add cranberries and walnuts and stir just until blended.
• Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake for 20-25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean.

APPLESAUCE WITH CRANBERRY LOAF CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F and prepare a 9x5 inch loaf pan with butter (or cooking spray) and then line bottom of loaf pan with parchment and butter the paper.
• Beat butter and sugar with a mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in egg.
• Stir baking soda into applesauce.
• Mix dry ingredients, theen add to butter mixture in 3 additions, alternating with applesauce.
• Stir in Craisins (and walnuts if using).
• Pour batter into prepared pan and bake for 45-50 minutes (or until toothpick test passes).
• Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10-15 minutes then turn out onto rack.
• Make glaze by mixing lemon juice and confectioner's sugar and spoon glaze over cooled cake (this step is optional if you are not using it as a dessert).

CRANBERRY SAUCE WITH APPLESAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300.
• Sprinkle the fresh cranberries in a 9x13 baking dish.
• Pour the sugar over the tops of the cranberries and coat well.
• Cover the baking dish well with foil making sure to pinch the sides down well.
• Bake at 300 for 1 hour and remove from the oven and remove the foil.
• Stir very gently.
• Add the orange juice and apple sauce and stir in gently.
• Allow to cool on a cooling rack and then place into containers to go into the fridge. Keep covered tightly until ready to serve.

CRANBERRY APPLESAUCE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, cook and stir water and sugar until sugar is dissolved. Add apples; cover and cook for 5 minutes, stirring often. Add cranberries; cover and cook until apples are tender and berries pop, about 15 minutes. , Mash until sauce reaches desired consistency. Stir in zest, ginger and cinnamon. Cook, uncovered, 5 minutes longer. Serve warm or refrigerate until serving.

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Steps:

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APPLE CRANBERRY WALNUT MUFFINS

Steps:

• Mix flour, baking soda, cinnamon and salt in a large bowl.
• In a separate bowl, whisk eggs, sugar, oil, sour cream and vanilla until smooth.
• Stir in apple, cranberries and walnuts.
• Fold into dry ingredients.
• Bake at 350°F, for 20 to 25 minutes.