Sugared Cranberry Bites
- sugared cranberries:
- 2 cups fresh cranberries
- 1 cup of maple syrup or honey
- ½ cup of water
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- cranberry sauce:
- 1 bag of cranberries - fresh or frozen
- 1 cup of mango melon juice
- 1 cup of sugar
- ¼ cup of honey
- for the bites:
- crackers of your choice
- soft spreadable cream cheese
- cranberry sauce
- sugared cranberries
- fresh mint for garnish
- sugared cranberries:
- Rinse cranberries and place in a large bowl.
- Heat syrup or honey and water in a small sauce pan just until warm.
- Pour the syrup over cranberries when warm.
- You do not want the syrup too hot as you do not want the cranberries to pop.
- Allow to cool.
- Cover and let the berries soak in the refrigerator overnight.
- Drain cranberries in a colander.
- Place sugar in a large bowl or baking dish.
- Add cranberries in small batches and roll around until lightly coated in sugar.
- Place on a parchment lined baking sheet until dry, 1 to 2 hours.
- When dry the berries have a nice crunchy candy coating.
- cranberry sauce:
- Place all the ingredients in a small pan.
- Cook on low - medium heat, stirring occasionally.
- As they heat up, the cranberries will pop open.
- You know the sauce is done when 90 % the berries have split open.
- Pour into a bowl to cool.
- to assemble the bites:
- Spread the crackers with the cream cheese, add a teaspoon of cranberry sauce, and 4 or 5 sugared cranberries.
- Garnish with fresh mint sprigs
Recipe by Nutmeg Disrupted at https://nutmegdisrupted.com/sugared-cranberry-bites/
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