—Lancaster Farming, Saturday, December 22,1979
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The colorful cranberry is a native of North America. It
grows in marshy places, and its blossom, of a beautiful
pink color, gives place to an abundant and piquant
flavored fruit.
The American cranberry is a larger pla/t and bears a
larger berry than the foreign variety.
Indians cooked cranberries with wild honey maple
syrup. They were called craneberries at first because
their blossoms and stems swayed like the graceful neck of
a crane.
Whether they are used in jellies, salads, drinks, sauces
or pastries, the American grown cranberry will be an
attractive feature to any Holiday dinner or party table.
CRANBERRY CRUNCH
1 cup uncooked rolled oats
% cup flour
1 cup brown sugar
Vi cup butter or margarine
116 oz. can cranberry sauce
Mix oats, flour and brown sugar. Cut in butter until
crumbly. Place half of the mixture in an 8 inch greased
baking dish. Cover with cranberry sauce. Top with
balance of crumb mixture.
Bake 45 minutes in a 350 degree F oven or about 10
minutes in a microwave oven.
Serve warm in squares topped with whipped cream or
icecream.
Serves nine.
CRANBERRY JELLY
3% cups cranberry juice cocktail
12V« ounce package powdered fruit pectin
4 cups granulated sugar
V* cup lemon juice
In large kettle, combine cranberry juice and pectin.
Cook and stir to boiling. Stir in sugar immediately. Bring
to full rolling boil; boil hard 2 minutes, stirring constantly.
Remove from heat, stir in lemon juice. Skim off foam.
Pour into hot sterilized jars. Seal.
Makes 6 half-pints.
Craubmy Apple Jelly: Substitute 3% cups cranberry
apple drink for cranberry juice cocktail.
CRANBERRY PINEAPPLE BAKE
4 cups (1 pound) cranberries
1 (20% ounce) can pineapple chunks
I%cupssugar
Place cranberries in BxBx2 inch baking pan. Stir in
pineapples and sugar. Bake in a 350 degree F oven for one
hour. Serve warm with ice cream. Serves 8.
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Colorful cranberries for festive fetes
Mrs. Harold Moore, Franklin, Pa.
FROZEN CRANBERRY SALAD
1 lb. box fresh cranberries
1 cup granulated sugar
1 medium sized can crushed pineapple
2 lbs. minature marshmallows
1 quart whipping cream
Combine ground cranberries and sugar; leave stand at
room temperature for 1 hour. Combine pineapple, and
marshmallows and put in refrigerator to chill for 1 hour.
Combine all ingredients and whipping cream. (Non-dairy
whipped creams can be used.)
Put into container and freeze. Remove salad ap
proximately one hour before serving.
Mrs. Donald U. Burkhart, Strasburg, Pa.
APPLE—CRANBERRY DRINK
1 orange
1 cup water
V* cup cranberries
1 tablespoon honey
1 apple
Peel orange and cut in half across the equator. All seeds
will be visible for easy removal.
Place orange in blender and process at high speed. Add
water.
Wash cranberries on hot water, and remove any stems,
add to blender. Process at high speed.
Add honey.
Wash and core, do not peel, the apple. Cut into chunks
and blend at medium speed until smooth.
Barbara Russell, Pine Bush, NY
TANGY CRANBERRY PUNCH
2 cans, 12 ounces each, pineapple juice
3 cups cranberry cocktail
leup orange juice
2 tablespoons lemon juice
% cup water
3 tablespoons sugar
3 cups ginger ale
% lemon, thinly sliced
Vz orange, thinly sliced
Stir together fruit juices, water and sugar until sugar is
dissolved. Just before serving, pour over ice in punch
bowl. Add ginger ale and garnish with fruit slices.
Ten servings, % cup each.
QUICK BANANA—CRANBERRY DESSERT
2 bananas
1 can jellied cranberry
whipped cream
chopped nuts
Slice bananas lengthwise and place in serving dish.
Cube jellied cranberry and place on top of bananas.
Top with whipped cream and garnish with chopped
nuts.
Mrs. Eva S. Rubinosky, Upper Gwynedd, Pa.
CRANBERRY—ORANGE RELISH
4 cups cranberries
1 large orange, peeled
2 cups granulated sugar
Finely chop cranberries and orange in food chopper,
Stir in sugar. Cover and refrigerate at least 3 hours.
Yield: 3% cups.
FROZEN CRANBERRY—PINEAPPLE SALAD
1 can (20% oz.) crushed pineapple, well drained
1 can (160 z.) whole cranberry sauce
1 cup dairy sour cream
Vt cup coarsely chopped pecans
Mix all ingredients thoroughly. Pour itno refrigerator
tray. Freeze at least 3 hours or until firm. Thirty minutes
before serving, remove tray from freezer to refrigerator.
Yield: 6-8 servings
NUTS ’N BERRIES DRESSING
18x8 inch pan corn bread, cooled and crumbled
6 cups white bread cubes
1 cup chopped nuts
1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
116 oz. can whole berry cranberry sauce
% cup melted butter or margarine
legg
Combine com bread, bread cubes, nuts and seasoning.
Stir in sauce, butter and egg. Toss lightly. Place in 3 quart
casserole. Bake in preheated 350 degree F oven for 45
minutes. Serve with turkey, ham or roast pork.
Mrs. Harold Moore, Franklin, Pa.
Cranberry Sundaes Jubilee is an scrumptious
dessert for those festive holiday occasiones. If you
are adventurous, top the cranberry relish with a
sugar cube and ignite before serving.
CRANBERRY SUNDAES JUBILEE
1 package frozen cranberry-orange relish or
1 can (8 ounces) whole cranberry sauce.
4 sugar cubes
orange extract
vanilla ice cream
Heat cranberry relish or sauce, stirring occasionally.
Soak sugar cubes in extract 5-10 minutes. Place a scoop of
vanilla ice cream in each.of 4 serving dishes. Just before
serving, place a sugar cube on top of each sundae and
ignite.
4 servings
FRUIT RAVE
1 cup fresh cranberries, chopped
1 apple, chopped
1 banana, diced
% cup granulated sugar
6 shortcake biscuits
whipped cream
Mix together prepared fruits. Stir in sugar until well
blended. Place in refrigerator two or three hours as
flavors blend.
To serve, split biscuits and spoon fruit mixture between
layers and on top. Serve with whipped cream.
Mrs. Harold Moore, Franklin, Pa.
Cranberries, the native North American fruit, can
be added to a variety of baked goods, including nut'
breads and these cranberry cookies. .
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