Re: Dried Cranberries - SCD-style

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Thanks for the recipe - I was just thinking I wanted something like this.For general info, they also freeze very well. I froze some at the end oflast year, and kind of forgot about them, and this year used them to makea delicious cranberry sauce. I cooked cranberries and fresh frozen blueberries in a 3:2 ratio, withfresh ginger, honey, tad salt, cinnamon, tad vanilla and cooked in dilutedorange juice with grated orange peel. Then I just cooked them downfor a long time. I've been eating it with everything. MaraDear SCD listmates,Did you ever like Craisins? Well, I used to buy the super-sized bags at Costco and ate them on every salad I made. This year, I finally decided to figure out an SCD version. I found this recipe for sugar-free dried cranberries:http://lowcarbdiets.about.com/od/snacks/r/driedcran.htmI just made them using 1/2 c. of honey and 1/2 c. of water to boil them; use more honey if you like them sweeter (I like them a bit on the tart side). Also, my oven only goes down to 170, so I used that temp and it worked fine. I probably dried them for about 8-10 hours total.Since cranberries are in season, it's a good time to stock up and dry some out. I learned that stores stop stocking fresh cranberries shortly after Christmas. The dried ones should last for several months.Enjoy!KathyUC since 12/05SCD since 7/07med-free since 7/08