Crock Pot Apple Cranberry Compote

November 22, 2013 By Arlene Mobley 40 Comments

Easy Crock Pot Apple Cranberry Compote

Disclosure: This weeks Progressive Dinner sponsor is Crock-Pot

Welcome to this weeks Progressive Dinner Blog Hop. My recipe this week is for an easy Crock POt Apple Cranberry Compote.

Welcome to week 5 of 7 in our Progressive Dinner Blog Hop. During week 1 I sent out a Progressive Dinner invitation. If you didn’t get a chance to see it you can check it out in my Progressive Dinner Invitation post where you can see the beautiful full color magazine our hostess Glenda from Busy at Home created to announce the big event. It will also give you a sneak peek into what you can expect for the upcoming weeks of our Progressive Dinner.

What is a Progressive Dinner?

So what is a Progressive Dinner you might be asking? Well for 7 weeks myself and four other bloggers will each be sharing one course of a holiday dinner menu from appetizers to dessert in a round up style post.

By the end of the seven weeks each of us will have shared a Main course, 2 side dish recipes, an appetizer, a dessert recipe and a pot luck or gift from the kitchen recipe.

Below you will find the schedule of the recipes I will be sharing for each week and what giveaway will be available that week. You will find my fellow Blog Hop Bloggers Roundup of Progressive Dinner recipes at the bottom of each weekly post.

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Flour On My Face Progressive Dinner series schedule

Week 1: Recipe:Vanilla Bean Cheesecake
Week 2: Recipe: Crock Pot Meatball Appetizer
Week 3 : Recipe: How to roast a Turkey Breast
Week 4: Recipe: Vegetable Medley with Homemade Cream Sauce
Week 5: Recipe: Easy Crock-Pot Apple & Cranberry Compote
Week 6: Recipe: Easy Crock-Pot Green Beans
Week 7: Gifts from the Kitchen Recipe: Cinnamon Vanilla Candied Nuts

To see what the rest of this weeks Progressive Dinner recipes are check out the links below.

Holiday Progressive Dinner Week 5 Recipe Links

Potluck Dishes to Get You through the Holiday Rush

Crock Pot Meatballs and Loaded Baked Potato Casserole
at Busy-at-Home

Famous Dirt Dip
at Adventures in All Things Food

Easy Apple & Cranberry Compote
at Flour on My Face

Potluck Corn and Black Bean & Cilantro Salsa Dip for a Crowd
at Daily Dish Recipes

Nacho Bar
at The Gunny Sack

This week I am sharing a very easy but delicious recipe for an Apple & Cranberry Compote. A perfect recipe for your Thanksgiving celebration.This recipe can be made in a crock pot or on the stove in a sauce pan. I have made it both ways and it turns out great either way.

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Easy-Apple Cranberry Compote served with a Roasted Turkey Breast, stuffing in a white serving bowl.

Apple & Cranberry Compote Recipe

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How to make Crock Pot Apple Cranberry Compote

INGREDIENTS

1 can whole berry cranberry sauce
1 apple, peeled, cored and diced
1 large orange
Zest and juice from orange.
¼ teaspoon cinnamon
2 tsp cornstarch
½ cup water or orange juice

DIRECTIONS

For Stovetop cooking in a saucepan

Zest and juice orange. Add to a medium saucepan.
Peel, core and dice the apple. Add to a saucepan and toss with orange juice.
Place cranberry sauce and cinnamon in saucepan.
Heat on low in the saucepan until cranberry sauce has liquefied.
Turn heat up to medium in saucepan and cook until apples are tender.
Turn heat up to high and bring to a boil.
Add 2 teaspoons cornstarch to ½ cup water or juice and mix well.
Add to cranberries and apples once they come to a boil.
Stir until thickened. Immediately remove from heat.

For Crock-Pot cooking

Once all the ingredients have been added to the crock-pot cook on high for 1 hour stirring occasionally.
Once the apple pieces are tender mix 2 tsps of cornstarch with ½ cup water or orange juice.
Stir into cranberries and apples until thickened. Turn crock-pot to warm.
Serve with dinner.

Print the Easy Crock Pot Apple Cranberry Compote Recipe below.