Cranberry Sauce

This recipe is taken more or less straight out of the Ball book for canning. I made sauce this weekend as a table setting gift for my Thanksgiving guests. I had gone into a store to get a sandwich for lunch and saw a basket of local organic cranberries and knew I had to fill a bag to bring home and work with. It was also the perfect project for our daughter to help with. Here's the recipe.

Ingredients

9 cups fresh cranberries

3 cups water

4 cups sugar

Process

• Wash cranberries and drain.
  
• Combine cranberries and water in a large sauce pot. Bring to a boil and continue to boil until all the skins burst.
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• Press mixture through a food mill.
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• Return pulp and juice to a pot. Add the sugar. Boil to the gelling point (when it falls off the spoon in a sheet and not drops)
• Boil hot sauce into hot jars leaving 1/4 inch head space, affix lids, and jar by bringing to a rolling boil and keeping there for 15 minutes.