Homemade Cranberry Juice Recipe

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This refreshing and sweet cranberry juice has a mild tartness level. Its jewel red color looks very attractive served in glassware. —Carol Domes, Whitehorse, Yukon

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Homemade Cranberry Juice Recipe

Prep: 35 min. + chilling

Yield: 8 Servings

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Ingredients

2 quarts water
8 cups fresh or frozen cranberries
1-1/2 cups sugar
1/2 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup orange juice

Directions

In a soup kettle, bring water and cranberries to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until berries begin to pop.
Strain through a fine strainer, pressing mixture with a spoon; discard berries. Return cranberry juice to the pan. Stir in the sugar, lemon juice and orange juice. Bring to a boil; cook and stir until sugar is dissolved.
Remove from the heat. Cool. Transfer to a pitcher; cover and refrigerate until chilled. Yield: 8 servings (2 quarts).

Nutritional Facts 1 cup equals 200 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 2 mg sodium, 52 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Homemade Cranberry Juice in Country December/January 2009, p53