Cranberry Orange With Crystallized Ginger Cookies Recipes

CRANBERRY ORANGE JAM WITH CRYSTALLIZED GINGER

Steps:

• 1. Prepare the jars and lids: place your jars on a rack in a large pot. Cover them with water and bring to a boil. Boil them for 10 minutes, then turn off heat and let them sit in water till ready to use.
• 2. In a small saucepan place your bands and lids and cover with water. Let the water come to a simmer and then turn off heat and put off to the side till ready to use. Pick them up with the magnetic wand or whatever it is called. LOL
• 3. Cut the oranges into quarters (leaving peels on). Just remove the seeds. Transfer the oranges to a food processor and pulse until they are coarsely chopped.
• 4. Now, do the same for your cranberries and coarsely chop them in the food processor.
• 5. Transfer the orange and cranberry pulp to a large, heavy-bottomed pot. Add 2 cups of water and cinnamon stick and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• 6. Sprinkle the pectin over the cranberry mixture and stir to combine. Next, stir in the butter and return the mixture to a boil. Add the 4 cups of sugar and stir well and return again to a boil. Boil hard for one minute. Remove the pot from the heat. Discard your cinnamon stick from mixture and stir in your crystallized ginger.
• 7. Woohoo, now you are ready fill your jars. Ladle the hot jam into hot sterilized jars. Leave at least 1/4 inch headspace. Wipe rims of the jars with a wet hot paper towel getting any excess jam off the rim. Cover with lids, and screw the bands on until fairly tight. Place jars back in the large pot and make sure they are covered completely with water. Cover pot and bring to a boil over high heat.
• 8. Boil for 10 minutes and turn off your heat. Uncover pot and allow jars to rest in water for five minutes. Remove jars from pot and allow them to rest undisturbed on countertop for six hours or overnight.
• 9. Wow, second batch of jam I ran out of cranberries and only had 1 cup. Went looking for some at the stores and none were to be found. Well, I decided 1 more orange, along with 1 cup of cranberries and 1 cup of fresh pineapple might work. I tried some liquid pectin instead of dry and it didn't seem to start to thicken the jam at all, so I added a box of dry pectin and Thank the Lord the jam jelled up. Wheeewwwh it was a trial and error but thankfully turned out and it is tasty too. So instead of 3 cups of cranberries it was 1 cup orange, 1 cup cranberries and 1 cup pineapple.
• 10. I sent Sherri a jar of jam and she made these incredible wings w/it. I've made the recipe and it is delicious. So honored that she would use my jam in a unique way. Here is the link:https://www.justapinch.com/recipes/main-course/chicken/kim-bs-spicy-grilled-asian-jammin-wings.html
• 11. Sept. 10th, 2015 --- Made 2 batches of this jam.

CRANBERRY ORANGE WITH CRYSTALLIZED GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Zest and juice one orange and set the two bowls aside. Weigh or measure the powdered sugar for the cookie dough and set aside. Next, weigh or measure the flour and baking powder together and run a whisk through to blend.
• Cream the butter and cream cheese together till blended, about 2-3 minutes on medium speed with a stand or hand-held mixer. Turn the mixer speed down and slowly add the powdered sugar and incorporate. You want it to be fluffy, so turn the mixer to medium speed for about 2-4 minutes. Turn the mixer down and add the egg, orange zest, and orange juice and blend. Slowly add the flour and baking powder and mix for about a minute. Turn off the mixer and scrape down the sides and across the bottom, then turn the mixer on for about 30 seconds. Add the cranberries and the crystallized ginger and blend through-cover and chill for 1-2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350° and line 2 cookie sheet pans with parchment paper. Take the cookie dough out of the refrigerator and using a spoon or a cookie scoop (I used medium size) roll into a good 1" size ball. Roll the ball in the Superfine sugar and put it onto the cookie pan. The superfine sugar gives the cookies a crust but keeps the middle soft. I take two fingers and gently press on the top just to flatten the bottom a little. Don't want them to roll around when you are putting them into the oven.
• Bake for 11-13 minutes, leaving them on the pan for a minute after you take them out of the oven. You want the bottoms a little brown, but that is all. Then move them to a cookie cooling rack. When sufficiently cooled, just sprinkle powdered sugar on top for the finishing touch.

CRANBERRY, TANGERINE, AND CRYSTALLIZED-GINGER RELISH

Steps:

• Using on/off turns, coarsely chop cranberries in processor. Transfer to medium bowl. Using on/off turns, coarsely chop tangerine in processor. Combine with cranberries. Mix in remaining ingredients. Cover and refrigerate overnight. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Keep refrigerated.) Serve cold or at room temperature.

CRANBERRY GINGER DROP COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F Lightly grease cookie sheets.
• Combine sugar, brown sugar and butter in large mixer bowl; beat on medium speed until well mixed. Add milk and egg; beat until smooth.
• Add flour, baking powder, ground ginger and baking soda; beat on low speed until well mixed. Gently stir in cranberries, pecans and crystallized ginger.
• Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 inches apart onto greased cookie sheet. Bake for 9 to 12 minutes or until edges are light golden brown.
• Immediately remove from cookie sheet; cool on wire rack.
• Combine powdered sugar and enough milk for desired glaze consistency in small bowl; mix well. Spread glaze on cooled cookies.

CRANBERRY ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg until well blended. Mix in 1 teaspoon orange zest and 2 tablespoons orange juice. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the orange mixture. Mix in cranberries and if using, walnuts, until evenly distributed. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Cookies should be spaced at least 2 inches apart.
• Bake for 12 to 14 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges are golden. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.
• In a small bowl, mix together 1/2 teaspoon orange zest, 3 tablespoons orange juice and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Spread over the tops of cooled cookies. Let stand until set.

CRANBERRY SAUCE WITH CRYSTALLIZED GINGER

Steps:

• Combine first 6 ingredients in heavy medium saucepan.
• Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves.
• Boil until cranberries pop, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes.
• Cool. Mix in crystallized ginger.
• Cover and refrigerate.