Sugared Cranberries Recipe (2024)

These sugared cranberries are amazingly addictive. Use these easy-to-follow instructions to make sugared cranberries which are perfect for recipe garnishes, co*cktails, gifts, or simply eating as candied fruit.

Sugar cranberries are a fantastic holiday snack; a great edible gifting idea; serve as a fancy garnish for holiday co*cktails; elegant garnish to dress up your cakes, cheesecakes, and other holiday desserts.

Sugared Cranberries Recipe

These sugared cranberries are simply fantastic. They are used to garnish holiday cheesecakes, cupcakes, or baked cakes. They are also a nice garnish for turkey, sweet potatoes, or green beans. Put them in a bowl to serve with your holiday meal or for dessert. Yum! Versatile, easy to make, and totally delicious.

How to make sugared cranberries

1. Bring sugar and water together on the stove and simmer until sugar dissolves.
2. Steep the cranberries.
3. Remove the cranberries and allow them to dry.
4. Double roll cranberries in sugar.

Tips and variations for making this sugared cranberries recipe

● Cranberries are currently sold in 12-ounce packages, so one bag is used to make this recipe.
● This recipe makes about two cups.
● Add vanilla to your sugar syrup.
● Add bourbon + some brown sugar to your sugar syrup.
● Do not discard the sugar water. Store it as a simple syrup for your co*cktails.

Sugared Cranberries Recipe Ingredients:

● 12 oz Fresh Cranberries
● 1½ cups of Sugar, divided
● ½ cup of Water

Sugared Cranberries Mise en Place:

● Bowl or Plate
● Pot
● Measuring Cup
● Slotted spoon
● Wire Rack
● Spoon
● Airtight Container

Sugared Cranberries Recipe Instructions:

1. Wash your cranberries. Dispose of any damaged fruit. Set aside.

2. Combine ½ cup of sugar with ½ cup of water and bring to a simmer until all the sugar dissolves.

3. Add the fresh cranberries to the warm sugar syrup and let it steep for 10 to 15 minutes.

4. Using a slotted spoon, remove the cranberries from to the sugar syrup to a wire rack. Spread out the cranberries so that they dry evenly.
5. Let the cranberries dry for an hour.

6. Place ¼ cup of sugar on a shallow plate or in a small bowl.
7. Working in batches, roll the dried cranberries in the sugar until well coated. The sugar tends to clump up, so it is best to start with ¼ cup of sugar at a time. Add another ¼ cup of sugar as needed.

8. Once the cranberries are rolled in sugar, spread them on a baking pan to dry for another hour.
9. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week.

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