Homestead Series How To Make Cranberry Sauce and Can It Video

Making your own fresh cranberry sauce taste so good. It also saves a lot of money.

Recipe for one batch:
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 bag cranberries (3 cups)

Bring water and sugar to a boil. Add cranberries, return to a boil. Turn down and simmer for 10 minutes.
If your using it now, cool to room temp then chill in the fridge.
If you would like to can it, pour into jars. Remove air bubbles, wipe rims. Place lids on and can for 15 min in a water bath canner.

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MomOfTwoInTexas: Looks so yummy! Could you do this with other fruits? Say a strawberry or blueberry sauce for pancakes?

PestControl02: 5*, as always :) where did you learn to do all this stuff??

HomesteadAcres: Yes you sure could. :-) It basically making a thin jam/syrup.

HomesteadAcres: You can use any pot deep enough for water to cover the jars. Just put something on the bottom so the jars don't touch the bottom of the pot. You could tie some jar lids together to make a trivet or even a towel will do.

HomesteadAcres: Yes that would work great! :-)

HomesteadAcres: Do you mean the shaped carrots? I've only canned them sliced into rounds.

HomesteadAcres: Fruits are high acid, you don't have to add sugar to them to can. But the sugar helps the syrup to jell. If you want to make jams with out them, use a candy thermometer and cook until it reaches the right temp. I should have it some were but there is normally a chart with the thermometer.

HomesteadAcres: Thanks :-). Just self taught mostly.

Michigansnowpony: Cool! I've never done anything with cranberries. When I was growing up, during the holidays, we'd have that awful canned gel stuff. That has always been my idea of cranberry relish. (Yuck!) Yours looks much much more appealing! But I have a question: Do you eat this as is, or do you use it more for baking / cooking?

HomesteadAcres: We eat it as is. :-) But you could use it in any recipe calling for cranberry sauce to. I grew up eating the canned gel stuff to. lol it's ok but I like fresh better!

jihadacadien: well this is wonderfu to know! thanks

travisjeanelle: What is the weight of the cranberries? We get them fresh from the marsh. We dont buy from the store.

HomesteadAcres: I don't know the weight off hand. But there are 3 cups of berries in each bag.

travisjeanelle: ok thank you so it would be 1c water 1c sugar to 3c berries?

HomesteadAcres: Yes that would be right :-). In the video I just tripled it.

travisjeanelle: Thanks!

losolomo: How long would the cranberies store for?

phill903: Nice video! Your sauce looks a lot better then what comes in a can.

ShawnCFarm: Yes pealed and cut up in long strips. Then there dilled just like dill pickles.

yournumberonemom: Great color on those berries....loved watching!

BeanIrene: I don't have an actual canner either. I use the strainer/double boiler that goes inside of my big pot and that keeps the jars up off the bottom of the pot. Works great for me.

BeanIrene: Yumm! I am produce shopping tomorrow and now I am really inspired! I have recipes for dandelion syrup.

BeanIrene: Sounds interesting.

BeanIrene: So I made this recipe and canned it last night. I really liked it. Very simple, and cans very well. Looks beautiful after it is set. Thanks again.

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Author: HomesteadAcres; Uploaded: Nov 11, 2009; Duration: 7:32; Views: 833

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