Sugared Cranberries
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Sugared Cranberries are the perfect addition to your holiday celebrations. With their tart, sweet, and crunchy flavor, they make a delightful snack and add a festive touch to cocktails, desserts, and more.
Cranberries and the holidays are a perfect pair, with their vibrant color and tart flavor adding a naturally festive touch. These sugared cranberries transform tart fruit into a sweet treat that’s as delicious as it is beautiful. Use them as decoration, dessert toppers, a tasty snack, or even package them as thoughtful holiday gifts.
Want more cranberry in your life? Try our Quick and Easy Cranberry Fluff Salad Recipe, Easy Cranberry Poke Cake Recipe For Christmas or our Starbucks Cranberry Bliss Bars!
Why You’ll Love Our Recipe
- Incredibly versatile, perfect for snacking, decorating cakes, garnishing cocktails, or adding a festive touch to desserts.
- Made with just three simple ingredients, this recipe is easy to follow yet creates a stunning and delicious holiday treat.
- Fresh, firm cranberries ensures a vibrant appearance, perfect tartness, and satisfying crunch every time.
Ingredient Information
- Cranberries: For this recipe, fresh cranberries are the only kind recommended. Frozen cranberries contains too much moisture to work with this recipe.
- Sugar: White granulated sugar works best.
Storage Information
Store in the fridge or in a cool, dry area for up to 4 days, in a covered dish. Toss in more sugar if the sugar appears to be dissolving/wet. Do not freeze.
Helpful Tips
- Flavor Profile: These cranberries are delightfully tart, even with the sugar coating, making them perfect for fans of sour snacks.
- Preparation Tip: Sort through the cranberries before washing to remove any that are soft or spoiled.
- Better Coating: Let the sugar-coated cranberries sit for about an hour to help the sugar adhere more securely.
- Ingredient Note: Frozen cranberries won’t work for this recipe due to their extra moisture and softer texture—fresh, firm cranberries are essential.
Sugared Cranberries
Ingredients
- 3 cups fresh cranberries washed & pat dry
- 2 cups white granulated sugar divided
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Cover a large pan or clean surface with parchment paper.
- Place 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water in the pot and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally. Let boil for 60 seconds and ensure all the sugar is dissolved. This will take about 5 minutes, depending on your stove.
- Let the mixture cool for about 2 minutes.
- Toss the cranberries into the mixture and gently stir them around until fully coated.
- Scoop them out of the sugar mixture with a slotted spoon, letting the excess liquid drain off before spreading them across the prepared parchment paper.
- Let the cranberries sit for 45 minutes.
- Place the last cup of sugar in a medium mixing bowl. Add about a fourth of the cranberries at a time to the sugar and toss until fully coated. Using a clean slotted spoon, scoop and sift them out of the sugar and place them in a clean bowl or container. Enjoy!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is a rough estimate only; actual values will vary based on the exact ingredients used and amount of recipe prepared.
