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Ocean Spray® Christmas Recipes
Ocean Spray® Molded Cranberry Fruit Salad Recipe
Ingredients
1 8-ounces can crushed pineapple, drained, reserving juice
1/2 cup Ocean Spray® Cranberry Juice Cocktail
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 3-ounce package raspberry-flavored gelatin
1 14-ounce can Ocean Spray® Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
1/2 cup chopped celery
Directions
Combine reserved pineapple juice, cranberry juice cocktail and lemon juice in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Add gelatin, stirring until it is completely dissolved. Break up cranberry sauce with a fork. Stir into gelatin mixture.
Refrigerate until mixture begins to set. Stir in pineapple and celery. Pour into a 4-cup mold. Chill until firm. Yield: 8 servings.
Cranberry Nut Bread Recipe
Quick Bread Recipes Ocean Spray Cranberry Walnut Dessert Bread
Great recipe to make mini loaves as gifts.
Ingredients
•3 cups all-purpose flour
4 Tablespoons baking powder
4 teaspoons salt
5 cups sugar
1 1/4 cup vegetable or canola oil
5 large eggs
1 Tablespoon orange extract
4 1/2 cup whole milk
5 cups cranberries, chopped
2 1/2 cups walnuts, chopped
Directions:
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2.Spray 5 large or 10-12 mini loaf pans with vegetable spray.
3.Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a medium bowl and set aside.
4.In a large mixing bowl, with a stand mixer using a whip attachment, hand mixer using the whisk attachments, or by hand using a large whisk, mix together sugar and oil. Add eggs and whisk again. Add orange extract and milk and mix well.
5.Add dry ingredients and mix only until moistened. Fold in cranberries and walnuts.
6.Pour equal amounts of batter into greased loaf pans.
7.Bake at 350 degrees for 50-60 minutes for large loaves, 30-35 minutes for mini loaves, or until pick comes out clean and tops are lightly browned.
8.Cool completely before wrapping for freezer storage.
9.Makes 5 large loaves or 10-12 mini loaves.
Ocean Spray Fresh Cranberry Orange Relish
Ingredients
2 cups cranberries (fresh or frozen, 1 12oz bag is also enough)
1 medium orange, quartered (ends removed)
3/4-1 cup sugar (or eqivalent artificial sweetener)
Directions
Slice unpeeled orange into eighths and remove any seeds. Place half of the cranberries and half of the orange in food processor. Pulse until evenly chopped. Tranfer to a bowl and repeat with the other half of orange and cranberries. Stir in sugar to taste and store in refrigerator of freezer.
You can also use a food grinder for the food processor step. The grinder is my preferred method, becaue that’s how my Mom made it so many many years ago.
Cranberry Christmas Brie
ingredients:
1 can Ocean Spray® Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
wheel of brie or camembert
1/4 c walnuts, chopped
1 crusty loaf of bread, sliced
Directions
Preheat oven to 180c.
Place cheese wheel on a non-stick baking tray and place in pre-heated oven for 15 minutes or until centre of cheese is very soft. Meanwhile, cut bread slices into bite size rounds, and grill. Heat Cranberry Sauce in microwave for 1 minute or until warm. Remove cheese from oven and place on serving platter. Remove the rind from top of cheese and drizzle warm cranberry sauce on top and sprinkle with walnuts. Serve immediately with grilled bread.
Craisins® Nut Tart
ingredients:
1 8cm baked sweet pastry shell
1 cup soft brown sugar
1/4 c unsalted butter, cubed
1/3 cup cream
2 tablespoons flour
2 cups mixed whole nuts
1 cup Ocean Spray® Craisins® sweetened dried cranberries
Directions
Melt sugar and butter, stir in cream and flour and bring to the boil. Remove from the heat, stir in nuts and Craisins® and fill into pastry shell. Leave 30 minutes before slicing. Individual pastry shells can also be used.
Easy Apple Recipes that Kids can Make
Kids love to help out in the kitchen and love to learn how to cook. They also like to climb trees. What better combination than to take them apple picking in the Fall and then going home and cooking some special apple treats.
Here are 3 easy apple recipes that kids can make.
Apple Cheddar Crescent
Refrigerated pie dough for 1 crust
Vegetable oil spray
Flour
1/4 c All-fruit apple spread
6 Apples (3 Granny Smith and 3 Red Delicious)
1 c Shredded cheddar cheese
2 tb Melted butter
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lightly coat a baking sheet with vegetable oil spray. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a 12-inch circle. Melt the apple spread in the microwave (10 – 15 seconds on high). Brush the melted spread onto the pie crust with a pastry brush. Peel the apples if desired and chop them coarsely. Scatter the apple spices over the pie crust and then scatter on the cheese. Using a pizza cutter, cut the pie crust into 8 wedges. Starting form the wide end, roll up each wedge of crust. Place the wedges on the prepared baking sheet and shape into crescents. Brush with melted butter. Bake for about 15 minutes, until browned and bubbly.
Apple Cinnamon Muffins
1 Egg
2 c Bisquick Baking Mix
3/4 c Apple sauce (use the homemade apple recipe from this blog)
1/3 c Sugar
2/3 c Milk
2 T Oil
2 t Cinnamon
Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Grease bottom only of 12 medium muffin cups. Beat egg slightly, stir in remaining ingredients just till moistened. Divide batter evenly among cups. Bake till golden brown, 15 to 17 minutes.
Makes: 12 muffins
This is an apple recipe your kids are sure to love.
1 Red medium apple; cored & sliced about 1/3″ wide, not skinned!
Peanut butter (creamy works best)
Tiny marshmallows.
Cut a red apple into slices. (these are the lips) Have child spread peanut butter or cream cheese on apple slice. Place mini marshmallows (these are the teeth) on top of peanut butter and place another apple slice on top.
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