Hello friends. As soon as cranberry season comes rolling around I like to make a batch of cranberry jelly (sauce) each week. If you follow my blog, then you know I am NOT a big sweet tooth. Jelly always seems a bit too sweet for me. Even the cane-sugar free jelly I buy, yes, often too sweet. So you can imagine how much I love the tartness of cranberries. This jelly comes together super quick. You can sweeten it with anything you like and to your sweetness preference. This also makes a fabulous Thanksgiving cranberry sauce. See here for my other cane-sugar free cranberry sauce recipe. Also seen in the above picture is my all-time favorite bread from Danielle at Against All Grain. I make it nearly every week! I like to add 2 1/2 tablespoons of honey. This gives the bread a gentle sweetness and incredibly soft texture. Together, this bread and jelly makes a lovely breakfast or anytime snack.
Cranberry Apple Jelly
Ingredients:
-16 ounces fresh cranberries (about 5 cups)
-1 1/2 cups filtered water
-1/2 cup (3 ounces) Medjool dates, seeded and diced
-1 cup sweet red apple, peeled and diced
-1/4 cup honey (vegans use maple syrup, coconut nectar or coconut sugar and adjust to your sweet preference)
-1/4 teaspoon liquid stevia (SCDers use additional 3 tablespoons honey)
How To:
1. In a medium sauce pan add the fresh cranberries and water and bring to a boil. After the mixture comes to a boil, give it a stir and turn it down to a rapid simmer. Add in the dates and apples. Rapid simmer for about 10 minutes stirring frequently.
2. After 10 minutes it should look fairly thick and the cranberries should all be cooked down. At this point add in the honey (or sweetener of choice), turn down heat to a soft simmer for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
3. Turn off heat and add in the stevia. Stir. Allow mixture to cool before serving. Total cook time is around 20 - 25 minutes.
Serves 6 to 8 (depending on serving size).
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This made my Monday! Thanks :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the smile!
DeleteWell that looks delicious and oh so pretty too ;D
ReplyDeleteThank you lovely Ella. I just LOVE the color too. So pretty. :-)
DeleteI'm glad you posted this! I just volunteered to make REAL cranberry sauce for TG because I can't stand the canned shaped glob that often shows up on the table.
ReplyDeleteHey Sarah,
DeleteLet me know how it turns out. I can tell you it will be much better than that canned stuff. Blah. I can barely choke that stuff down. Enjoy and have fun. If he is used to super sweet stuff and traditional white sugar, this may be a little tart for him. Just add in a little extra stevia (if you are going for cane-sugar free...which I highly recommend). Ethan LOVES it (so does Sky).
Hope you're well.
This looks delicious Amber!
ReplyDeleteThanks Vicky! :-)
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