3# of frozen fresh cranberries

[dachshundqueen]

So, the title says it all. I have had shockingly poor experiences cooking/baking with fresh cranberries. Do you have any fabulous recipes you can recommend? I would need to thaw them first I'm assuming, for most recipes.

Thanks,

Liz

[mumkimum]

This upside down cranberry cake (you'll have to convert the measurements, couldn't find it otherwise online) is really easy and fantastic. Great with some ice cream or freshly whipped cream.

I've seen a good cranberry bread recipe recently too, but haven't tried that yet.

[deditus]

I make batches of cranberry sauce to top pork chops with I add some orange juice, honey, cloves, allspice, and frozen cranberries, then simmer on the stovetop until the cranberries all pop!

[cristeen]

Pinot cranberry sauce is great with pork or chicken. Cranberry salsa is fabulous with some cream cheese on crackers or as a topping for meat. Cranberry fritters are excellent if you want something a little more decadent. I also have a recipe for a really yummy cranberry vinaigrette.

And no, you don't have to defrost them first for most recipes.

[Ola_]

This is pretty basic but I made Pioneer Woman's cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving and it was a big hit. Very simple and I couldn't stop myself from eating it with a spoon after.
http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2...anberry-sauce/

[lovebug]

Filling

* 1 1/4 cups plus 2 teaspoons sugar
* 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
* 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
* 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
* 3 cups halved strawberries
* 2 cups thinly sliced rhubarb
* 2 tablespoons butter , cut up
* 2 teaspoons milk

Directions:

To make crust, preheat oven to 400°. Mix flour and salt. Measure oil and milk together—don't stir. Add to flour. Make crust on wax paper.

To make filling, mix sugar, flour, nutmeg and cinnamon. Add fruit, stirring to coat. Can set aside in fridge and then drain later. Note: If adding blueberry or peach, add lemon zest.

Fill crust with filling. Scatter butter. Add top crust. Pinch edges and ventilate the top. Brush with milk. Sprinkle sugar on top. Bake on cookie sheet for 50 minutes. Can cover edge with tinfoil if cooking too fast.

Allow to cool 1 hour before serving.

From http://www.oprah.com/food/Cindy-Craw...ry-Rhubarb-Pie

it is really a rhubarb strawberry pie, but i cant get good rhubarb out here for the life of me so i had to change it up. i put cranberries in place of the rhubarb. it is SOOOOOO easy! i mean really easy. i dont fuss with the crust that the site says its harder then it looks! i just buy the pre-made ones.

just thaw and rinse berries and toss them in whole. mix it up. put it in. and your done!

ADVICE: put a pan under the pie it will boil over... if you have never used pre-made crusts try to keep them cold right until you need them.

it is sooo good to the point when we go to parties were we have to bring something people always ask me to bring this and beg for how to make it! and let me tell you that speaks for itself because i am no baking wiz

[hippiewitchie]

I like to pop a handfull of frozen cranberries in the pot when I am making oatmeal. (especially good with a little diced apple too YUM)

There is a recipe I had with winter squash, apple and cranberries that was really good. I cannot for the life of me find it, but it was essentially:

diced apples,
diced butternut or acorn squash
a couple handfulls of cranberries (in this case, dried might work too)

layer in a crock pot or oven proof dish
top with a mix of cinnamon, clove, butter, 1-2T flour, and a pinch of salt

cook until squash and apples are tender. Sorry, I don't remember how long.

[dachshundqueen]

I have a cranberry orange loaf baking, based loosely on the Martha Stewart one.

I reduced the cranberries to 1 cup. I added 5 drops of orange blossom water. I subbed 1/2 cup rice milk and 1/4 cup orange juice for the milk. I subbed WW pastry flour for the flour and topped it with a bit of white sugar for crunch as DH ate all the turbinado. I subbed one cup of honey for the sugar in the recipe.

Liz

[kjbrown92]

I love cranberry orange relish (grind cranberries, fresh orange through grinder, and add a little sugar) -- great with roast chicken, on top of turkey sandwiches etc. I also use it in cranberry-orange muffins.

[kittywitty]

Cranberry muffins! I just use a basic blueberry muffin recipe and use whole grains, orange juice, cranberries, and sometimes pecans and cinnamon. So good! I make dozens of these and freeze them for quick breakfasts.

[NullSet]

I will usually throw cranberries, frozen or otherwise, into anything I'll put blueberries. I've made coffee cakes, muffins, pancakes, etc. You can always add a bit of sweet to whatever it is to counteract the tartness of the cranberries, depending on whether you like that taste or not.

[hildare]

do you diy booze at all? what about cranberry mead??