Sugared Cranberries 2.0

As a general rule, if you tell me that you don't like a particular food, I will make it my mission to change your mind. 😅🤦🏻‍♀️🙃  I'm not saying that it's the right course of action - I'm just letting you know that it's what usually happens.😂  Just ask my daughter in law who accidentally let it slip one day that she wasn't a fan of vegetables in cakes.🥕  Fast forward a few months later to the night I served her a slice of zucchini mayonnaise three layer chocolate cake.😬🎂   The kicker was that I didn't actually tell her the ingredients until after I got her honest reaction to the cake.  (Thank goodness she's such a good sport because she also doesn't like mayonnaise.🤣)  Turns out - as long as she didn't know that the cake was made with mayonnaise and vegetables - she actually like it.  Mission accomplished. 😅 

This Thanksgiving I will have a house full guests- most of which are not fans of cranberries.  This well known fact is based upon years of serving a bowl of fresh cranberries alongside my Thanksgiving turkey every year that goes almost completely untouched.  Normal people would just forgo the tangy fruit but as you probably already figured out - that's not my style.😂 

This year, I decided to double down on the cranberries that I'm serving. (I know that have a problem.🤣) I am going to be serving my guests cranberry sparklers, cranberry jelly, cranberry brie bites, cranberry oat bars and if all that fails, I'm throwing in some sugared cranberries.  Who can resist fruit that's soaked in sweet syrup and rolled in glistening sugar?  Even if it is a cranberry.😅  This Thanksgiving, these little gems will be scattered around my dessert table and drink station and who knows, maybe they'll be just the thing to turn some of my family into a cranberry lovers.  

Sugared Cranberries 2.0
1 1/2 cups cranberries
3/4 cup water
1 1/4 cups sugar

Bring water and 3/4 c. sugar to a boil. 

Remove from heat and stir in cranberries.

Let cool 30 minutes or refrigerate cranberries in syrup up to 2 days.

Drain cranberries and pat dry with paper towels.

Roll cranberries in 1/2 c. sugar in small batches.  

Let dry on paper towel lined plate for 1 hour.  (Store, uncovered, at room temperature for up to 24 hours.)

Ciao!

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