Orange Cranberry Preservesspread Recipes

CRANBERRY-ORANGE PRESERVES

Steps:

• Stir juice and sugar in medium saucepan over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves. Add remaining ingredients; bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium; simmer until mixture is reduced to 3 cups, stirring occasionally, 15 minutes. Cool. (Can be made 1 week ahead. Cover; chill.)

CRANBERRY-ORANGE SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix together flour, salt, baking powder, and ginger in a small bowl.
• Cream together butter and 1/2 cup sugar in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Mix in orange juice, orange zest, and vanilla extract until thoroughly incorporated. Add in 1/2 of the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Mix in remaining flour mixture until just combined. Stir in cranberries.
• Form dough into a 9x2 1/2-inch rectangular log. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate at least 4 hours or overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Remove dough from the refrigerator and cut into 1/4-inch thick slices. Place 1 inch apart on the prepared baking sheets and sprinkle the top of each cookie with a little additional white sugar.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges of cookies just begin to brown, 12 to 15 minutes. Allow cookies to cool 5 minutes on baking sheets before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

CRANBERRY-ORANGE PRESERVES

Steps:

• Stir juice and sugar in medium saucepan over medium-high heat until sugar dissolves. Add all remaining ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium, simmer until mixture is reduced to 3 cups, stirring occasionally about 15 minutes. Cool. Cover and chill.

CRANBERRY SPREAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, orange juice concentrate, sugar, zest and cinnamon until blended. Fold in cranberries and pecans. Cover and refrigerate for at least 1 hour. Serve with crackers.

CRANBERRY ORANGE BREAD (FOR BREAD MACHINE)

Steps:

• Place flour, cranberries, yogurt, water, honey, butter, yeast, salt, and orange oil in the pan of a bread machine in the order recommended by the manufacturer. Select "light crust" setting; press Start.

ORANGE-CRANBERRY MARMALADE

Steps:

• Cut off both ends of the zested orange, and cut orange in half. Peel halves and remove the white core.
• Place orange sections and cranberries in a food processor. Pulse until orange is mostly pulp, using roughly 5 three-second pulses.
• Combine the orange-cranberry mixture, zest, sugar, and water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a gentle boil and simmer, stirring frequently, for 15 minutes. Let marmalade cool.
• Pour marmalade into a glass jar with a tight-fitting lid. Chill completely in refrigerator before serving.