Q: How can I safely preserve cranberries? After Christmas, they are often very inexpensive, and I’d like to stock up, but I don’t know what to do with them.

I can’t pass up a good bargain, either. Several years ago, I found cranberries for 29 cents a bag the week after Christmas. I promptly bought about 20 bags and threw them into my deep freezer. Then I had to figure out what to do with 20 bags of whole cranberries.

Of course, they can stay in the freezer since that is a safe preservation method. They can be baked into muffins or bread. I’ve tried dehydrating them with limited success since they are unbearably tart and need a considerable amount of sugar to make them palatable.

Cranberry jam, sauce, or jelly is good year-round. Only use recipes that have been tested and approved from r

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