12 Cranberry Recipes for Thanksgiving (2024)

FAQs

How many cups is 12 ounces of cranberries? ›

When buying fresh berries, check the box or bag for dampness or stains, indications that the fruit may be decaying. All berries should be plump, dry, firm, well-shaped and of uniform color. One 12-ounce bag of cranberries equals 3 cups.

If you check the back of a bag of fresh cranberries, you'll see that a serving is 1/2 cup and a 12-ounce bag serves seven.

The average number of cranberries used per can of sauce is 200. If you lay out all the cans of sauce consumed in a year from end to end, it would stretch 3,385 miles.

One 12-ounce bag of cranberries makes about 2 1/4 cups of basic cranberry sauce—in my house, that's enough for about five people. Going the canned route? You'll need at least one can for six people.

12 oz to Cups. 12 oz is equal to 1.5 cups.

In the US, 1 cup is equal to 8 fluid ounces. This conversion is widely used and not just for recipes. For liquids, 1/2 cup is 4 fluid ounces, 1/4 cup is 2 fluid ounces, and 1/8 cup is 1 fluid ounce.

That first statement that 50% of all cranberries are eaten at Thanksgiving time is false. Americans eat more than 400 million pounds of cranberries every year, and 20 percent, not 50%, is consumed during the week of Thanksgiving. But that's still 80 million pounds. Is the cranberry native to North America?

(For the record, KRC Research reports 80 million pounds of cranberries are eaten during Thanksgiving week.)

The traditional way of serving jellied cranberry sauce is sliced into rounds. With the column set on its side, slice into ¼-inch thick rounds and then arrange the slices on a serving platter. Serve the slices plain, garnished as desired, or read on for easy upgrades.

One 12-ounce bag of fresh cranberries yields about 2 1/4 cups of cranberry sauce, which should be enough for about 8 to 10 people, Hartigan says, adding that you can half that amount of cranberries when making a cranberry-apple or -orange sauce since the alternative fruit will bulk up each serving.

How many cranberries are in a pound? ›

It depends on the variety of cranberry but in the most common variety in Massachusetts, Early Black, there are about 440 cranberries.

There are 3 cups (750 mL) of cranberries in one 340 g bag. 1 cup (250 g) of fresh cranberries equals 3/4 cup (175 mL) of Ocean Spray® Craisins® Sweetened Dried Cranberries.

Is cranberry sauce supposed to be hot or cold? Either! Some prefer to have it served fresh and warm, straight out of the pot, while others need it completely cooled down to enjoy the flavours. Personally, we prefer cooled sauce.

This process has been in use since the early 2000s. Adweek, which recently reported this important can caveat, noted that about 67 million cans are sold between Thanksgiving and Christmas. But like other Thanksgiving meal staples, canned cranberry sauce might be hard to come by.

The traditional way to serve canned cranberry sauce is to slice the cylinder into rounds and arrange them on a platter. Go a step further by adding a garnish like sugared rosemary or candied ginger. Or, cook the canned sauce with orange juice and zest for a citrusy take on a holiday standby.

FRESH CRANBERRIES, UPC: 021130045945 weigh(s) 116 grams per metric cup or 3.9 ounces per US cup, and contain(s) 55 calories per 100 grams (≈3.53 ounces) [ weight to volume | volume to weight | price | density ]

INGREDIENTS: 16 oz fresh cranberries, or about 2 cups.

A single serving consists of either 1 cup of raw berries or a quarter-cup of dried berries. Nutritionally, these servings differ because the dried berries have more sugar. A cup of raw cranberries contains: 46 calories.

HOW MUCH CRANBERRIES TO EAT DAILY? Studies confirming the health-promoting properties of cranberries have typically used doses of 100-300 g of fresh cranberries, equivalent to 7-10 g of dried cranberries, and 100-150 ml of 100% cranberry juice.