Homemade Cranberry Juice - Fermented Cranberries and More

This is quite a list for one day...

What, I need to make meals too?

The first thing that I needed to do was make the bread dough. Next, I made fried pickled chicken biscuits for breakfast that wasn't on my list, but I promised Number One Husband to make them.

Wow, these are so good!

I made the bread dough first so it would rise and be ready to bake as soon as the biscuits finished baking. This way I could take advantage of the hot oven.

Wheat Bread is done, check!

It started snowing in the morning.

We got a lot more than we were supposed to get plus drifts
from the wind.

Cranberries are such a pretty berry. Rinse and sort cranberries.

Make sure all jars, rings, lids and equipment are sterilized properly.

1 1/2 cup of cranberries per jar. My canner holds 7 quarts, 
so that's what I canned.

It looks like a lot of sugar, but it is really only 1/3 of a cup per jar.

Top with almost boiling hot water leaving about an inch of head space.
Stir to remove any bubbles and dissolve sugar. Place lids and bands
on the jars. 

Place jars in a hot water canner filled with hot water.

Make sure water is an inch above the jars and process for 25 minutes. I 
had to process my jars for 45 minutes due to our altitude.

Now for the Fermented cranberries, I used a cinnamon stick, ginger and a slice of
orange peel for my spices.

Now the jar is ready for the cranberries and honey.

Make sure cranberries and spices are well coated with the honey. Place a 
lid loosely on the jar and store in a cool dark place.

These cranberries need to sit for a couple of weeks before
they are fermented.  

I made a syrup/ jam with the remaining cranberries. 

I added a little sugar and water to the cranberries and
cooked them until it was the consistency I wanted. 
They will continue to thicken as they cool.

This wasn't on my list, but I needed to use up the excess cranberries.

Cranberry jam for pancakes, toast or smoothies.

The color will permeate the whole jar as it sits for six weeks.

Boiling hot out of the canner.

Number One Husband made himself dinner. I had Super Ramen.

These are my Plague candles.

I was able to check everything off my list and then some. 

The cranberry jam was delicious on pancakes and 
added great flavor to our smoothies. I will be making
more as soon as I can pick some up from the store. 

Enjoy,

Mrs. Smith