6 ideas for leftover cranberry sauce

Don’t let Thanksgiving’s leftover cranberry relish or cranberry jelly go to waste. Use your leftovers in one of these recipes.

Mon, Nov 26 2012 at 10:53 AM

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I always see a plethora of recipes after Thanksgiving for using the leftover turkey, mashed potatoes and other dishes, but I don’t see many for using up leftover cranberry sauce. So I thought I’d hunt some down.

Recipes using leftover cranberry relish

Bite-sized Mini Cranberry Walnut Tarts – This recipe uses a specific cranberry relish, but I imagine that any cranberry relish can be used as the filling for these little tarts.
Streusel Bars – Cranberry sauce or relish becomes the filling for fruity snack bars.
Cranberry Sauce Muffins – These muffins add some rolled oats for a bit of a healthy kick.

Recipes using leftover jellied cranberry sauce

Turkey and Cranberry Panini – This is a twist on the classic Thanksgiving leftover sandwich that uses the turkey, cranberry sauce along with some greens and cheese in a hot sandwich.
Cranberry Meatballs – Meatballs are simmered in a cranberry sauce/bbq sauce combination. Make small meatballs, stick them on toothpicks, and you’ve got a festive holiday appetizer.
Cranberry Cream Cheese Pinwheels – This is sort of a pastry idea with the jellied cranberry sauce and cream cheese rolled up into crescent roll dough.

What do you do with your leftover cranberry sauce?

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