I thought it would be fun to try a new Pumpkin Spice Cranberry Sauce (hello three ingredients!). This is a very simple recipe, cranberries, sugar and pumpkin spice, add in about 15 minutes of cooking time and wa-la, we have a nicely spiced holiday favorite. There is a lot of wiggle room here folks, want it sweeter? Add more sugar. Want more punch from the spices? Stir in more at the end. Want to add a little something extra? I'm thinking stirring in some chopped pecans before serving would be nice. Cook this a day or two ahead, it will thicken as it chills in the refrigerator.
Start with 12 oz fresh/frozen cranberries, 3/4 C sugar, 1 tsp pumpkin spice and 1/4 C water. Bring to boil, reduce to simmer, cook until berries pop. Adjust sugar and spice to taste. Cool completely.
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Longer ingredient list and more involved, but worth it!
Love the addition of bay leaves, it smells good cooking for a few hours too.
Yep, guaranteed giggles and just look at that beautiful color folks:@)
No matter what else I make, Thanksgiving at our house ~requires~ jellied canned cranberry sauce. So I wanted to come up with an easy cranberry platter for Barbie, and I think I found it. It starts with a Dollar Tree pack of pencil grips and I used a fun retro-ish button for the dish. Once you have whatever you're using for your dish this project comes together in no time and it's so cute! If you have a larger platter, you could add a couple slices too.
What I did:
- My button came in a pack of vintage reproduction buttons, it's plastic. I cut the back loop off with wire cutters and popped the center detailing out. This left a dish-like indent.
- Using the size of your serving dish as a guide... Cut about four-five-six rows off of pencil grip. If dish is long enough, also cut one or two "slices" off of grip. The grip is rubbery, I found scissors worked best.
- Carefully fill the center with hot glue, let dry. Tip: I placed it on a piece of parchment paper with the opening down on the paper, filled it and tamped the top down flat holding a folded piece of parchment. The key is to get the whole center filled solid. Let sit until set, go on to next piece if making slices.
- Once dried, I pulled/cut glue strings off to make it as smooth as possible. Then "painted" the whole thing with shiny nail polish in a cranberry color. You could also let a little ooze onto the plate to represent a little liquid.
- Glue to dish.
- Barbie says dinner is served!
What I started with:
You can find my free pattern and instructions to make a no-sew holiday apron here. This apron even fits Elf on the Shelf😎
~ Eat well and have a happy holiday season:@)
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