High Maintenance Mom

Follow instructions on cranberry package (boil cranberries, sugar, and one cup of water until the cranberries all pop).

Follow instructions on KNOX box (sprinkle gelatin over one cup cold water and let stand for one minute).

Add another two and a half cups of water to the cranberries and then mix the cranberries with the gelatin water. Pour into mold or pan.

Refrigerate until firm (about 3-5 hours).

NOTE ADDED NOVEMBER 2006:
For cranberry jello with fruit (I recommend this), add blueberries to the pot on the stove after all the cranberries pop. If you want more fruit, add apples or other fruit to the bottom of the mold or pan then pour in the cranberry/blueberry jello. After the jello has started to harden, you can add more fruit. I've found the jello to be dense so the fruit will float on top if you don't push it down.

I brought a double batch of this jello to a kids potluck and it was a hit. My kids also like this jello in their lunch.

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I love cooking with real cranberries but I didn't want to have lots of leftovers that no one would eat. So this year I experimented with making jello out of the cranberries. It was thicker than jello without fruit but yummy. I also tried to halve the sugar and my kids ate it, but it was tart.

One bag of cranberries

1 c. sugar

3.5 c. water

4 packets of gelatin (I used KNOX)

If you want extra fruit (recommended): 1/2 to 1 bag of frozen blueberries

You can also add bananas, apples, pears, or any other fruit