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Description
Make classic sugar-coated cranberries for festive decorations, desserts, or garnishing drinks.
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 ounces fresh cranberries
- 2 cups water
- 2 cups granulated sugar, divided
Instructions
- Rinse and pick over the cranberries, discarding any soft or damaged ones.
- In a saucepan, combine water and 1 cup of sugar. Bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves.
- Add cranberries and simmer for 1 minute. Remove from heat and let cranberries sit in the sugar syrup for at least 1 hour, or up to 3 hours.
- Drain cranberries well. Spread remaining 1 cup of sugar on a plate or baking sheet.
- Roll cranberries in sugar until fully coated.
- Place sugared cranberries on a wire rack to dry for at least 1 hour before serving.
Notes
- For best results, ensure cranberries are completely dry before coating with sugar.
- Store sugared cranberries in an airtight container at room temperature.
- Prep Time: 10 min
- Cook Time: 5 min
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 ounce
- Calories: 60
- Sugar: 15g
- Sodium: 1mg
- Fat: 0g
- Saturated Fat: 0g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 15g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 0g
- Cholesterol: 0mg