Sugared Cranberries

Description

Sugared fresh cranberries taste sour on the inside and sweet on the outside. Serve them in a glass bowl as a Christmas snack or stick them on toothpicks and poke them into an apple as a fun Christmas decoration.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar, plus extra for coating
  • 1 fluid ounce water
  • 7 ounces fresh cranberries

Instructions

  1. Heat sugar and water in a small saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir until the sugar has dissolved
  2. about 3 minutes. Remove syrup from heat and allow to cool until lukewarm. Add cranberries to syrup and carefully stir to coat. Cover and refrigerate 8 hours to overnight.
  3. Sprinkle a baking sheet with sugar and line a second baking sheet with parchment paper.
  4. Drain cranberries well and spread out onto the sugar-covered baking sheet. Roll in the sugar and transfer cranberries to the parchment-lined baking sheet in a single layer. Allow to dry for 3 hours.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 5 mins

Total Time: 11 hrs 20 mins

Servings: 20

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