Cooking With Kids: Thanksgiving Cranberry Sauce

Cooking with kids is such an important investment in their lives. Kyrie drags a stool over next to me and perches atop it helping to mix, tear, or frost with an on-going prattle..

Chef Mom?

Yes Chef Kyrie?

Are you ready for the stirring?

Not quite, Chef Kyrie.

O.k.Chef Mom.

I love these moments. I have older kids. Kyrie is the youngest of 8. I know from experience that this four year old desire to spend enormous amounts of time with me will be gone too soon.

So, here is another kid friendly recipe. The microwave makes it easy, although older kids could do it on the stove. The cranberry sauce will “jelly” as it stands, so you can even pour the hot sauce into oiled mini bundt pan molds or whatever for a more creative presentation.

Homemade Cranberry Sauce
1 pound fresh cranberries
grated peel from one orange
2 cups white sugar
1/4 c orange juice
1 cup water

In a microwave safe bowl, mix together cranberries, peel, sugar, juice, and water. Cover the mixture with wax paper and microwave on high power, stirring once in awhile, until the cranberries pop (about 7 minutes). Chill. This will keep a week or so, covered well, in the fridge.

That’s it. Enjoy.