Sure you can eat cranberries in cranberry sauce, but what else can you do with these berries and their juice?
Make a drink:
Fill a glass ½ full with soda water and the rest of the way with cranberry juice. Top with a few fresh cranberries. You can also add a dash of orange juice if you would like to.
Make a snack:
Ants on a log: Cut a stalk of celery into 3 pieces. Add peanut butter to each piece. Top with dried cranberries...red ants on a log!
Bake with them:
Add 1 cup of dried cranberries to your oatmeal cookie dough.
Garnish your cakes with them:
In a bowl beat pasteurized egg whites until light. Dip fresh cranberries into the whites and then coat them with sugar. Let them dry and use them to decorate your baked goods.
Cranberry bark:
Melt a bag of chocolate chips. Add 1 cup of dried cranberries. Spread onto a no-stick foil lined cookie sheet. Refrigerate until hard. Crack apart into pieces.
Cider:
Warm cran-apple juice and some ground cinnamon makes a great quick cider!
Decorate with them:
String dried cranberries and popcorn on a string and decorate your Christmas tree or house.
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Excellent ideas, Deanna! I love them. Cranberries are one of my favorite holiday treats and I love the deep rich color of them. I have an article I'm working on about decorating with cranberries! When I finish it I'll have to link your article to mine.
Thank you! Let me know when it is up and I will do the same :-)
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