Cranberry Sugar

Homemade Cranberry Sugar can be used to add a festive touch to so many dishes. Use it as an naturally pink colored decorating sugar for cookies and cupcakes, as a festive sugar rim for cocktails, in place of regular sugar in baking or fill jars with it as a simple homemade holiday gift!

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• Naturally flavored and colored sugar
• Ingredients
• Step by step instructions
• How to use
• How to store
• Cranberry Sugar

Naturally flavored and colored sugar

Naturally colored Cranberry Sugar is made simply from pulsed fresh cranberries and granulated sugar. The cranberries give the sugar a pale pink color, light citrusy flavor and a brown sugar like texture.

It’s such a simple way to upgrade all sorts of dishes! And a great thing to keep on hand for last minute holiday gifting.

Ingredients

• Fresh cranberries – are available in supermarkets from fall – winter. Substitute frozen cranberries to make Cranberry Sugar year round.
• Granulated sugar
• Ground cinnamon

Step by step instructions

1. Place sugar, cinnamon, and cranberries in a small food processor.

2. Pulse up to 5 times to combine.

3. Cover and store refrigerated up to 7 days.

How to use

Use Cranberry Sugar in so many ways!

• Use it as a rim for holiday cocktail, mocktail, cranberry palomas and cranberry margaritas, and cranberry punch .
• Sprinkle a bit on fresh fruit.
• Use it as a sparkling sugar for cakes and cupcakes decorating.
• Use it in place of regular sugar to add a little extra color and flavor to anything! Makes a delicious topping for holiday creme brulee!

How to store

Store cranberry sugar refrigerated up to 7 days.

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