Holiday Cranberry Mold Recipes

CRAN-RASPBERRY JELLO SALAD

Steps:

• Mix strawberry jello with 1 1/2 cup hot water until dissolved.
• Stir in 1 cup whole cranberries and can crushed pineapple.
• Pour into large jello ring mold (*see note above), refrigerate until set.
• Spread with a thin layer of sour cream, let set.
• Mix raspberry jello with 1 1/2 cup hot water until dissolved.
• Stir in frozen raspberries.
• Slowly pour (or spoon) raspberry jello mixture on top of sour cream layer. refrigerate until set.
• Remove from jello mold and enjoy.
• **optional, you may use a little baking spray to spray mold for easy removal of jello
• If you don't have a jello mold, a large clear bowl or even a rectangle clear baking dish would work (but it's so pretty made in a jello mold)

WW FRIENDLY CRANBERRY JELL-O SALAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, saving the juice. Add enough water to the juice to total 1-1/4 cups of liquid. In a saucepan, bring the liquid to a boil.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the gelatin until it's dissolved.
• Break up the cranberry sauce with a fork and stir it into the gelatin mixture.
• Cool until the mixture begins to thicken and then stir in the crushed pineapple, celery and nuts.
• Pour into a mold and chill until set. (For best results first with non-stick spray so that the jello comes out easily.)

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Place fresh cranberries and water in a medium saucepan over medium heat.
• Wrap cloves, allspice berries and cinnamon sticks in a spice bag. Place in the water with cranberries.
• Cook until cranberries begin to burst, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in sugar and reduce heat to low. Continue cooking 5 minutes, or until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Discard spice bag. Chill in the refrigerator 8 hours, or overnight, before serving.

CRANBERRY MOLD

Steps:

• Empty a 12-ounce bag of fresh or frozen cranberries into a saucepan and transfer 1/2 cup to a small bowl. Add 1 cup sugar, 1 strip orange or lemon zest and 2 tablespoons water to the pan and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and the cranberries are soft, about 10 minutes. Increase the heat to medium and cook until the cranberries burst, about 12 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and stir in the reserved cranberries. Add sugar, salt and pepper to taste. Let cool.
• Heat 1/2 cup cranberry juice over low heat, then stir in a 1/4-ounce packet gelatin. Puree cooled cranberry sauce with another 1/2 cup cranberry juice, then add the gelatin mixture. Pour into a mold or empty soup cans and refrigerate overnight. Serve with whipped cream.

CRANBERRY-APPLE MOLD

Steps:

• Stir boiling water into dry gelatin mix in large bowl at least 2 min. until completely dissolved. Stir in juice.
• Pour into Santa Claus mold or 5-cup mold sprayed with cooking spray.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm. Unmold. Store leftover gelatin in refrigerator.

THANKSGIVING CRANBERRY MOLD

Steps:

• Stir gelatin mix and boiling water together in a bowl until dissolved. Add pineapple juice and cranberry sauce; stir until incorporated and thickened. Fold in apple and walnuts. Pour gelatin mixture into a mold and refrigerate until set, at least 4 hours.

HOLIDAY FRUIT AND NUT MOLD

Steps:

• Stir boiling water into dry gelatin in large bowl at least 2 min. until completely dissolved. Stir in cold ginger ale and spices. Refrigerate about 1-1/2 hours or until thickened (spoon drawn through leaves a definite impression).
• Stir in fruits and pecans. Spoon into 5-cup mold sprayed with cooking spray.
• Refrigerate 4 hours or until firm. Unmold onto serving plate. Garnish as desired. Store leftover gelatin in refrigerator.