Cranberry Crumble

Over the holidays, I was kind of obsessed with Cranberries. I was making things up left and right. This one I made right after Christmas and I was very surprised at how yummy it turned out to be. Cranberries can be quite scary to cook with, in my opinion. Either they're too tart or too sweet. This recipe turned out just how I wanted it...a mix of both! With my blackberry crumble recipe, I was inspired to make this yummy Cranberry Crumble.

** I would've taken a picture of it except for the fact that we ate it too quickly... whoops!

Cranberry Crumble

4 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
3/4 c sugar
1/2 c quick cooking oats
1/2 c brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 c flour
1/4 c butter (1/2 stick)
1/4 c water

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl combine cranberries and sugar. Allow to sit for several minutes. Combine oats, brown sugar, cinnamon, and flour until well mixed. Cut in butter and mix until crumbly. Spoon cranberries into a buttered 8x8 baking dish. Pour water over cranberries. Sprinkle crumble mixture over the cranberries and bake for 45 minutes. Serve with ice cream.

On its way...

I really need to update this on a regular basis! So here are some things to expect this week. Like I said here, I am obsessed with cranberries this season, so be prepared!

Pear bread with a Pomegranite glaze
Pumpkin-Cranberry bread
Coco Cranberry-Apple muffins
Coconut Crusted Shrimp with a Peanut Butter Curry sauce
Pumpkin Brownies
Olive Oil-Lime salad dressing
Herbed Foccacia Bread
Orange Poppy Seed Cupcakes

I promise all of this will be posted before Thanksgiving!!!!!!!

Lemon-Cranberry Muffins

Last week I wanted to make these for Relief Society for this weekend. So naturally I did a trial run. I've been having fun with cranberries lately and I have been putting them in everything. Muffins, meatballs, bread. Here's a post for now until I can gather up all of my recipes I've made and get them on here. Enjoy!

1 1/2 cups, plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour, divided
2/3 c granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup butter, melted
1 large egg
1/2 cup low-fat buttermilk
1/2 cup 2% reduced-fat milk
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 cup fresh or frozen cranberries, thawed

Preheat oven to 350°. Grease 12 cup muffin pan.

To prepare , lightly spoon 1 1/2 cups flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Measure 1 tablespoon flour; level with a knife. Sift together 1 1/2 cups flour plus 1 tablespoon flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and baking soda in a large bowl.

Combine melted butter and egg in another large bowl; stir with a whisk. Add buttermilk, milk, and 1 teaspoon rind to butter mixture; stir with a whisk. Add buttermilk mixture to flour mixture, stirring just until moist.

Toss cranberries with remaining 1 tablespoon flour. Fold blueberries into batter. Spoon batter into prepared muffin cups. Bake at 350° for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan 5 minutes on a wire rack; remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack.

Cool Tidbit: If you don't have buttermilk, you can make your own! Add 1 tbsp distilled white vinegar to just under 1 c lowfat milk and stir! Super easy!

Cranberry Meatballs

These are pretty much a family favorite. We love love love having this for dinner. My mom makes it quite often in the fall and winter months. It's somewhat of a comfort food, but I've modifed it to make it more healthy.

Cranberry Meatballs

1 lb to 1 and a half lbs Ground turkey
1/4 to 1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 egg
1 tbsp Italian seasoning
1 can of Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce
1 bottle of Chili Sauce (same aisle as the ketchup & other condiments)
1 tbsp honey

Prepare the meatballs (mix ground turkey, bread crumbs, egg, seasoning); form lots of meatballs

Either cook on the stove top on medium-high heat until cooked all the way through (about 15 minutes), or bake covered in the oven, 400 degrees, 40 minutes)

Put cranberries into a separate, large pan on stove, mash to separate to break the can form, heat on low until it's all separated (about 3 minutes), add chili sauce and honey, cook another 2 minutes or so; add cooked meatballs using a slotted spoon so as not to transfer the grease.

Cook another 3 or 4 minutes, then done!