Ingredients
1 12oz bag of fresh cranberries
4 cups of apple cider
Directions to Make Dried Cranberries
Rinse cranberries and remove any that have gone bad.
In a medium saucepan, combine the cranberries and apple cider. Bring to a simmer over med-high heat. Once the cider is bubbling, reduce the heat and simmer gently for 15 minutes. You want all of the cranberries to pop open so that they can soak up the cider.
Cranberries and cider in a saucepan being heated. A wooden spoon is immersed in the mixture.
The cider immersion infuses the cranberries with just the right amount of sweetness.
Remove from the heat and cover the pan. Once the pan is cool enough, place it in your fridge. (I put a silicone hot pad down and put the pan in right away.) Let the cranberries soak in the cider for eight hours or until you’re ready to go to bed. (Weird Recipe Instructions 101)
Next, go do something more interesting than watching cranberries soak up cider.
Before you turn in for the evening, preheat the oven to the lowest setting. (Mine only goes down to 170, but 150 would be better.) Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Pour the cranberries and cider through a colander and let them drain for five minutes.
Spread the cranberries out on the parchment-lined baking sheet. Try to keep them from touching as they will stick together as they dry.
A parchment-lined baking sheet with cider-cooked cranberries spread on it.
I love how bright and colorful the cranberries are.
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