Cranberry Cream Cheese Spread #tastecreations #cranberryweek

Our Thanksgiving table tends to look the same year after year, and mainly because I insist that we have roasted turkey, mashed potatoes, dressing, homemade noodles, homemade rolls, and cranberry sauce. Once I learned to make homemade, there was no turning back. Homemade cranberry sauce is delicious.

After a little Google digging, I learned that Ocean Spray sells 20% of their cranberry harvest in one week: the week before Thanksgiving!  That's nearly 80 million pounds of them!  Ocean Spray is the largest cranberry company since 1930, owning 75% of the cranberry farms in the US. That's a lot of farms!

The recipe I am sharing with you today came from the fact that so many cranberries are sold in November. Why shouldn't I enjoy cranberries all year around?  Thus the inspiration for this Cranberry Cream Cheese spread.

Yield: 32Author: Terri Steffes

Cranberry Cream Cheese Spread

prep time: 10 minscook time: total time: 10 mins

This delicious cranberry spread is for those of us who want to enjoy our cranberries all year around!

ingredients:

2 8 oz tubs whipped cream cheese

1 8 oz package of Craisins

2 T heavy cream

2T sugar substitute

instructions:

Empty cream cheese into a mixer.  Add sugar and cream and beat well.  Stir in craisins.  

NOTES:

Delicious served on toasted bagels for breakfast, or as a fabulous appetizer on Ritz crackers or pastry shells.

calories
63

fat (grams)
5.3

sat. fat (grams)
3.2

carbs (grams)
2

net carbs
1

protein (grams)
1

sugar (grams)
1

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I'm excited to be sharing this recipe as part of Cranberry Week - now in it's third year! See all the tasty cranberry recipes being shared today below and follow #cranberryweek on social media for more ideas all week long.

• Bourbon Cranberry Sauce from Cookaholic Wife
• Cranberry Apple Pie from The Redhead Baker
• Cranberry Almond Shortbread Tart from Karen's Kitchen Stories
• Cranberry Chipotle Glazed Baked Salmon from Palatable Pastime
• Cranberry Ice Cream from Kate's Recipe Box
• Cranberry Orange Bread from The Saucy Fig
• Cranberry-Orange Glazed Ham from Kimom Cooking For My Soul
• Cranberry Pecan Whipped Cream Fruit Salad from A Joyfully Mad Kitchen
• Cranberry Pistachio Blue Cheese Bites from A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures
• Cranberry Squares from Family Around the Kitchen
• Fall Pizza with Sausage and Squash from Caroline's Cooking
• Lamb Lollipops with Cranberry-Apple Mostarda from Culinary Adventures with Camilla
• Maple Honey Cranberry Sauce from Jolene's Recipe Journal
• Pork Loin with Cranberries from Lemon Blossoms
• Quinoa with Turkey, Brussels Sprouts & Cranberries from Books n' Cooks
• Real Cranberry Gummy Bears from Daily Dish Recipes
• Warm Spiced Cranberry Cocktail from The Gingered Whisk
• Whipped Cranberry Cream Cheese from Our Good Life

I have also joined this recipe with our Taste Creation Bloggers! The cranberry recipes below are divine and you should check these out as well.

Kim at Mom Home Guide is making Cranberry Shortbread Cookies

Rosemary at An Italian in My Kitchen is making Cranberry Scones

Nikki at Tikkido is making Cranberry Muffins.

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