Dried Cranberries: What Do You Do with Them?
I've used them in granola, cookies, muffins, quick breads, and cakes. What else can I do with them? Thanks!
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20 Comments:
White chocolate bark. Tossed in a salad is also nice. I prefer them to raisins in trail mix. They're also good in apple pie.
dhorst at 2:33PM on 01/16/09
I like them in savory salads of all kinds, from with croutons on a garden salad to stirred into a quinoa salad.
annabanannas at 2:34PM on 01/16/09
- toss with raw pepitas and homemade granola for trail mix
- in cottage cheese muffins with fresh mint
- in salads (I like nuts, seeds, and dried fruit in salad)
- haven't yet ... but I want to use them as a mix-in for biscotti
- delicious snack all on their own
joyyy at 2:40PM on 01/16/09
salads
trail mix
cookies
granola
cereal
hand-full to mouth
PerkyMac at 2:44PM on 01/16/09
Where a normal person would use raisins. I hate raisins. Cranberries are okay, but dried cherries are even better.
dbcurrie at 2:49PM on 01/16/09
Great in a salad with walnuts or toasted pine nuts...and wonderful in biscotti or shortbread cookies with hazelnuts or pecans!
littlestcapy at 2:52PM on 01/16/09
totally with dbcurrie -- i hate raisins for reasons unknown and am known to sub dried cranberries in those cases. i love cranberries in salad with goat cheese. you can throw 'em in pancakes, or i imagine you could even use them in a more savory application with pork chops etc.
megannesta at 2:57PM on 01/16/09
I toss mine in a yummy salad with arugula, candied pecans or walnuts, real bacon bits/pieces, red onion, grape tomatoes, blue cheese and balsamic vinegarette.
I also add mine to my cornbread stuffing -- I melt butter in the pan, saute a chopped up granny smith apple, a vidalia onion, and the cranberries in there; then add my stock, then add to the cornbread stuffing. Very tasty.
juliebugsmama at 3:08PM on 01/16/09
Have used them in a cranberry- pistachio biscotti and i like them mixed into my morning oatmeal.
dmcavanagh at 3:11PM on 01/16/09
Aside from all the sweets already well mentioned, I like softening them in bourbon or vodka and rolling them with walnuts and goat cheese in a chicken breast or slice of pork loin pounded flat, with a little salt and pepper and sage or lemon thyme.
I like them in stuffings too, especially cornbread stuffings.
Chop them very fine and mix with soft cheeses and roll the cheese in nuts or cinnamon/other spice for a cheese ball. A splash of a fruity red wine is great in this too.
Use in baked apples or in the stuffing of baked squash or rutabaga.
sadiepix at 3:12PM on 01/16/09
Stir them into couscous with whatever else you have on hand...
And I love dried berries on salads...
lo82070 at 3:14PM on 01/16/09
Simple, but I mix them with really good unsalted roasted almonds as the best hunger-fighting travel snack of all time.
savecara at 3:15PM on 01/16/09
I love them in salads and cranberry-orange scones. Unfortunately I tend to forget they're in the pantry, so they tend to end up in the trash after awhile.
Barbd at 3:17PM on 01/16/09
I also use them in salads with toasted nuts, bits of goat cheese and the cranberries and a homemade vinigrette - yum - I do put the cranberries in for a while with the salad leaves, they seem to lose their real chewy texture and are a bit softer, but I add the nuts just before serving so that they are lovely and crunchy.
bareneed at 3:19PM on 01/16/09
I love to add a handful to my oatmeal, and I also like to add them to my yogurt with a few chopped dried apricots.
poke87 at 3:22PM on 01/16/09
You could also sandwich it in the middle of some brie.
dhorst at 3:25PM on 01/16/09
Adding them to salads is the only way to get my husband to eat his salad--unless it's caesar, then no prob.
All the above suggestions are great...some are new to me and I love the ideas.
wookie at 4:01PM on 01/16/09
yogurt, oatmeal and salad are my most common uses. i seriously have at least two bags of the Trader Joe's ones on hand at all times.
sarahlucy at 4:27PM on 01/16/09
I put them in salads with walnuts and bleu cheese, i put them in my thanksgiving cornbread and sausage stuffing. Really anyplace you make something savory and want something to balance out the flavors....
Pavlov at 8:27AM on 01/17/09
Put them on a salad with feta and balsamic vinaigrette! Simple but good! Dried cherries are awesome too!
dharmon at 1:50PM on 01/17/09