I would love to make some of the recipes that call for dried cranberries - except I haven't been able to find any that are un-sweetened (or healthily sweetened). Do you think I could use fresh cranberries and maybe up the sweetness a bit? I'm especially interested in trying the cranberry chocolate biscotti!
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Posted 2 years ago #
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Hi Bonnie! Fresh cranberries may work with some recipes but they may not work well in the biscotti. Biscotti are meant to be hard and crunchy, the fresh cranberries will likely release too much moisture and ruin the texture.
I don't think you can find any commercially dried cranberries without some sugar, they are just too tart. Nutsonline.com carries an organic dried cranberry sweetened with organic cane and if you have a SuperTarget near you, they carry an organic sweetened cranberry as well on the baking aisle, I think it's the Archer Farms line. And then I found this link below- they sell cranberries & cherries sweetened with apple juice. I think I will have to try these myself.
http://www.therawchoice.com/shop/cart.php?m=product_detail&p=40
Posted 2 years ago # -
Unfortunately, I can't have a lot of types of sweeteners due to an issue with candidiasis... only erythritol, xylitol, stevia, and sucralose. I guess I'll have to experiment - maybe drying my own or something. That biscotti sound too good to be true!
Posted 2 years ago # -
my health food store sells dried cranberries sweetened with apple juice-- could you look for something like that?
Posted 2 years ago #
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