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Tangy Cranberry Sandwich Spread

By America's Test Kitchen

Published on July 22, 2011

Time

5 minutes

Yield

Serves 8 (Makes about 1 cup)

Tangy Cranberry Sandwich Spread

Ingredients

½ cup mayonnaise 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard 2 tablespoons honey ½ cup cranberry sauce, leftover (see related Basic Cranberry Sauce Basic Cranberry Sauce)

Before You Begin

Fresh and frozen cranberries work equally well. If you are using frozen, add one to two minutes to the cooking time.

Instructions

  1. Whisk mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, and honey into leftover cranberry sauce.
Tangy Cranberry Sandwich Spread

Tangy Cranberry Sandwich Spread

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Time

5 minutes

Yield

Serves 8 (Makes about 1 cup)

Ingredients

½ cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons honey
½ cup cranberry sauce, leftover (see related Basic Cranberry Sauce Basic Cranberry Sauce)

Ingredients

½ cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons honey
½ cup cranberry sauce, leftover (see related Basic Cranberry Sauce Basic Cranberry Sauce)

Ingredients

½ cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons honey
½ cup cranberry sauce, leftover (see related Basic Cranberry Sauce Basic Cranberry Sauce)

Why This Recipe Works

With a little doctoring, we turned our recipe for Basic Cranberry Sauce into a versatile Tangy Cranberry Sandwich Spread.

The standard back-of-the-bag recipe for cranberry sauce was a little soupy. Cranberries contain a lot of water, and cutting down on the additional liquid yields the ideal consistency. We found frozen cranberries worked equally well as fresh, but we needed to increase the cooking time slightly. Leaving the cranberry sauce for our Tangy Cranberry Sandwich Spread on the stove for too long left us with a mushy red mash, so it was important to keep a close eye on it as it cooked.

Before You Begin

Fresh and frozen cranberries work equally well. If you are using frozen, add one to two minutes to the cooking time.

Instructions

  1. Whisk mayonnaise, Dijon mustard, and honey into leftover cranberry sauce.

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