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Cranberry Applesauce

October 18, 2011
11:16 am

shelahmom

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Hello wise people, I have an abundance of cranberries that my husband brought home from his trip to Wisconsin. I have a new found love for this berry. No longer do I associate the cranberry with the wiggly giggly canned jelled blob that adorned my mothers Thanksgiving table. I have canned two batches of whole cranberry sauce. And tonight we will be making some Cranberry wine. In our "neck of the woods" however, apples are in season and I wanted to match our apples with these delicious cranberries and make Cranapple sauce…to CAN. There isn't anything in the Ball blue book, I even asked on their forums and they don't recommending altering the recipe as..blahh…blahh…blahh..

Can anyone here offer up a recipe for Cranberry applesauce that is in a quantity that is can-able? I would like to make about 12 pints for my beautiful pantry. Thank you for all your advise.

Sheila

October 18, 2011
12:15 pm

Bev in CA

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shelahmom, that sounds so good. I just canned cranberry sauce. It is so much better home canned. Suzanne posted quite a while back about making your own and got me started. I won't buy the store stuff. Someone will for sure have a great recipe. My thought was a little more applesauce to the cranberries. They would probably override the apple taste. BBB does have a cranberry conserve recipe that sounded really good. It has oranges and walnuts in it. I am going to try that. Someone will have a great recipe or you can always create one and share it with us. Not sure why you wouldn't have a safe recipe. Should be able to use the longest water bath time for either fruit listed in the BBB.

October 18, 2011
2:17 pm

wvhomecanner

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I know I have a finger-smackin coming for posting this here,

but I have no time to put in FBR (am at work!). I haven't made this, but had it saved.

dede

Cranberry Applesauce

about 18 golden delicious apples, cored and sliced, but *unpeeled*

3 c. cranberries

1 1/2 c. apple cider

3 cinnamon sticks

6 T. brown sugar

3 pinches of nutmeg or allspice

Combine apples, cranberries, cider and cinnamon, and bring to a boil.

Reduce heat, cover, and simmer, stirring occasionally, for about 15 minutes

or until apples are very tender.

Remove cinnamon sticks, and put fruit mixture through a food mill (or a

blender, if you don't have a food mill and don't mind little bits of apple

skin that don't get completely pureed). Add brown sugar and nutmeg.

Pack into pint jars, process 20 min. in BWB. Makes 6 pints.

If common sense were truly common, wouldn't there be more evidence of it?

October 18, 2011
3:15 pm

Ruthmarie

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Well, geez, I won't tell …. just copy and say thank you! ;-) I love cranapple anything, but hadn't thought of cranberry applesauce. Don't eat much applesauce here but this'll fix that.

October 18, 2011
4:35 pm

Bev in CA

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That sounds so good. I am going to have to make some. No smack from me, I am sure you will be forgiven!

October 18, 2011
6:45 pm