Description
Sugared cranberries are an easy simple garnish for all kinds of holiday baking that you can make in 5 minutes. Be warned though; these will be stolen by sneaky snackers so make extra!
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup fresh whole cranberries
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar (100 g)
- 1/4 cup water (59 mL) or orange juice
- Granulated sugar for tossing the finished berries
Instructions
- Line a sheet pan with a piece of parchment. Place the tray near the stove.
- Wash the berries in a strainer. Set them out on a clean kitchen towel or paper towels. Gently rub them in the towel to remove all the water. Any water left on the berries will keep the sugar syrup from sticking to the surface well.
- Mix the water and sugar in a small bowl, stirring to dissolve the sugar as best you can.
- Place the sugar syrup in a small pot on the stove. Heat the syrup over medium heat until the sugar has dissolved completely. Once the syrup is boiling, reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for about 90 seconds.
- Turn off the heat and dump the berries into the syrup, tossing to coat.
Quickly dump the berries onto the parchment lined tray. 
Use a fork to move any berries around and out of any large pools of syrup and try to separate the berries from each other as best you can.- Leave the berries to dry until the surface of the berries is tacky. Since you’ve cooked the syrup down a little, this should take just a few minutes. Once the surface of the berries feels lightly sticky, toss them in a small amount of granulated sugar to finish them.
- Use the berries immediately to garnish recipes like mini cranberry tarts, cranberry curd cookies, or eat them out of hand. They will keep at room temperature for 1-2 days.
Notes
Add some extra flavor
- Orange: You can either put a couple pieces of orange peel in the sugar syrup as it’s coming to a boil or use orange juice in place of water for the syrup.
- Vanilla: Toss the cranberries in granulated sugar with a spoonful of vanilla sugar
- Prep Time: 1 minute
- Cook Time: 4 minutes
- Category: Baking Building Blocks
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 tablespoon
- Calories: 55
- Sugar: 13.5 g
- Sodium: 0.7 mg
- Fat: 0.1 g
- Carbohydrates: 14.5 g
- Protein: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg