Thanksgiving Apple Cranberry Compote

Total Cooktime: 5-6 hours


What you will need:

• 6 cooking apples, peeled, slice
• 1 cup fresh cranberries
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 teaspoons grated orange peel
• 1/2 cups water
• 1/4 cups port wine
• Sour cream (optional topping)
• Whipped cream (optional topping)
• Vanilla ice cream (optional topping)

Here's a tip:  If you dread peeling, coring and slicing apples like I used to you may be interested in an Hand Crank Apple Peeler/Corer/Slicer . This brilliant kitchen tool has saved me countless hours peeling apples by hand!

In your crockpot combine the apple slices and cranberries. Sprinkle the sugar over this mixture. Then add the orange peel, water and wine stiring to mix.

Cover your crockpot and cook the apple cranberry mixture for 5-6 hours on low or just until the apples are tender and the cranberries are no longer firm.

Serve warm in individual bowls. The traditional way to top a compote is with sour cream but you can also use whipped cream or even ice cream.


Family Verdict:  This tasted really good.  I have tried some new things such as adding walnuts to give it a little crunch. Something to think about...the determining factor should really be the cranberries. About 4 hours in you should check to see if the cranberries' softness is to your liking.

Diabeticly Friendly Version:  If you want to make this recipe a little more diabetically friendly you could substitute Splenda sugar for the 1 cup of sugar in the recipe.

I would love to hear your experiences with this recipe including anything you have done to alter it to suit your family's tastes!

Enjoy!