I made a new dish for Thanksgiving this year: Spiced Cranberry Applesauce. It was so easy, turned out great, and the only downside is that now there's none left!
Ingredients (this makes a LOT...just to warn you. It served 20+ hungry people on Thursday, with some left over for Friday grazing):
2 50-oz jars of unsweetened applesauce
2 12-oz bags of cranberries (I used fresh, but I don't see why frozen wouldn't work)
2 15-oz cans of mandarin orange segments
2 20-oz cans of pineapple tidbits (Who knew they made "tidbit" size?...larger than crushed, but smaller than segments)
Approximately 30 oz orange juice (I used about half of a 59 oz container)
1 cup brown sugar
2 tbsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp allspice
1/2 tsp cloves
A word on the sugar and spices...I guesstimated the amounts and adjusted to taste. I suggest you start out with less and let the applesauce cook for a while, then add more sugar and spices as needed.
Instructions:
Combine everything in a really big crockpot, turn on low, and let cook for hours and hours until you simply can't stand it and HAVE to have a bowl. And then you have another, and another...
Note: I let the applesauce get really hot and bubbly, then I smashed the cranberries against the side of the crockpot with a spoon. I have no idea if this was necessary or not, but I liked the resulting texture.
Enjoy!
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