Cranberry Ginger Wafers With Maple Sugar Recipes

CRANBERRY-APPLE GINGER SAUCE

Steps:

• In a 4 or 5-quart saucepan, bring ALL ingredients to a boil over medium heat, stirring until the sugar is dissolved.
• Boil the sauce (lower temperature if the sauce is spitting too much) stirring occasionally (about 10-15 minutes) or until thickened.
• Cool and refrigerate for a minimum of 3 hours before serving.

GINGER-MAPLE CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine cranberries, orange zest, ginger, brown sugar, maple syrup, vinegar, salt, and sugar in a saucepan, and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce heat to low and cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, until sauce is thick and jammy, 1½-2 hours.
• Remove from heat when the sauce is thick on a spoon and doesn't want to shake off. Stir in freshly grated nutmeg. Allow to cool at room temperature, then refrigerate. Sauce will keep airtight in the refrigerator or freezer for at least 2 weeks.

STICKY CRANBERRY GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees and line a 9-inch square or round baking pan with parchment.
• In a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan, stir together cranberries, granulated sugar and 1 tablespoon water. Stir the cranberries over medium heat until the sugar is completely dissolved and cranberries form a sauce that is syrupy and bubbling thickly, about 10 minutes. Aim to have about half the cranberries broken down, with the remainder more or less whole.
• In a separate saucepan, stir together the butter, brown sugar, milk, maple syrup and molasses over medium heat. Bring it to just barely a simmer and then remove it from the heat. Do not let it come to a boil, or the mixture may curdle.
• In a large bowl, sift together the flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking powder, salt, baking soda and black pepper. Beat in the butter-maple syrup mixture and then beat in the eggs. Stir in the ginger.
• Scrape the batter into the pan. Drop fat dollops of cranberry sauce onto the surface of the cake batter. Drag a long, slender knife through the batter in a swirly design, as if you are marbling a cake. Transfer the cake to the oven and bake it until the top is firm and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Transfer the pan to a wire baking rack and let the cake cool completely before eating it.