Cranberry Sauce

Hi y'all!  Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.  My mom and I made a ton of tasty food, and I'm going to be sharing some of our recipes.  Today is cranberry sauce - we use fresh cranberries and it tastes so much better than the canned type!  We basically use the recipe on the back of the Ocean Spray cranberries bag, but we add a little tangerine zest.

Ingredients:

• 2 12-ounce fresh cranberry packages
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups water
• zest from 2 tangerines

Yield: approximately 5 cups

Combine the sugar, water, and cranberries in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil.

Reduce the heat and boil gently for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.

The sauce should begin to thicken.

We run the sauce through a food mill so it is smooth and not chunky.  If you don't have a food mill, you can use a wire strainer and mash the sauce through with a fork.

Allow the sauce to cool and refrigerate until you're ready to serve it.

Enjoy!

Strawberry Shortcake

I'm back with a recipe for another tasty dessert - strawberry shortcake! I used the recipe from The American Woman's Cook Book to make this.

Ingredients

• Biscuits
• 2 cups flour
• 4 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1/3 cup shortening
• 3/4 cup milk
• Butter
• 3 cups sliced strawberries
• Whipped Cream
• 1 cup cold heavy whipping cream
• 2 tbsp. sugar
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract

Yield: 4 servings

Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, and sugar. Cut in the shortening with a knife or pastry blender.

Gradually add milk gradually to make a soft dough.

Turn out on lightly floured board and knead just enough to shape into smooth ball.

Roll or pat lightly 1/2 inch thick. Cut with floured biscuit cutter into fourths and shape into large biscuits.

Brush tops with butter and place on cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake at 450ºF for 15 minutes.

Split hot biscuits. Butter generously.

Put together again with filling of strawberries.

Make the whipped cream by beating the heavy whipping cream, sugar, and vanilla extract with an electric mixer until stiff peaks form (about 1 minute).

Top with whipped cream and more fruit. Then enjoy!