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Sweeten to taste—I use about 2/3 cup of sugar. Honey will also work, or add more oranges. (Add more gelatin if oranges are juicy.)

Spiced Cranberry Relish

Here's another interesting variation on the classic cranberry relish:

2 cups sugar fructose syrup may be substituted
3/4 cup water
4 cups cranberries
1 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon crushed cardamom pods
1/2 teaspoon ground allspice

In a heavy saucepan, over medium heat, dissolve sugar in water. Raise heat to medium-high and bring to a boil. Add remaining ingredients and cook for about two minutes. The cranberries should pop. Cover and refrigerate. This dish is best served at room temperature or slightly warmed.

Cranberry Cake

1/4 pound margarine or butter
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon almond flavoring
2 eggs
2 cups sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup sour cream
1 cup fresh cranberries
1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 °F, and grease a tube pan. Cream the margarine or butter with the sugar. Add the almond flavoring and the eggs, blending well. Sift the flour and baking soda together, and add 1/2 cup at a time to the margarine-egg mixture, alternating with sour cream; end with dry ingredients. Mix well.

Put half the batter in the tube pan; add cranberries. Cover with remaining batter. Swirl berries through batter with a knife. Sprinkle nuts on top. Bake for 55 minutes. When done, turn off the oven and leave for mom minutes. Remove from pan. When cool, frost with White Glaze.

White Glaze

1-1/2 tablespoons milk
 2 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon almond extract
1 cup confectioners' sugar

Add milk, vanilla and almond extract to confectioners' sugar. Blend until smooth.

Apple-Cranberry Crunch

3 cups unpeeled, sliced apples
1 cup finely chopped walnuts
1/2 cup minced celery
1/4 cup chopped raw cranberries
3/4 cup plain yogurt
2 tablespoons mild honey
1 teaspoon salt
Juice of 1/2 lemon
Lettuce or raw spinach

Combine apple slices, walnuts and celery. Stir together the cranberries, yogurt, honey, salt and lemon juice. Blend with other ingredients. Place on bed of lettuce or spinach. Serves 6.

Stephen Klein raises everything but cranberries on a farm in Zionsville, Pennsylvania.

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