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Yield: 1 ¼ cups

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
1 cup water
4 cups fresh cranberries

1. Wash your cranberries and pick out any seeds or branches.
2. Bring water and sugar to a boil. Stir this mixture constantly to dissolve the sugar while it boils.
3. Add cranberries and return the sauce to a boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat to a simmer for approximately 10 minutes or until cranberries burst.
4. Remove from heat. The cranberry sauce will thicken and turn to a jelly-like substance as it cools.

Yield: 1 pie

Ingredients:

2 cups canned pumpkin
2 eggs
¾ cup sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. ginger
½ tsp. nutmeg
½ tsp. salt
1 cup milk
1 tbsp. flour
1 unbaked pie shell

1. Preheat your oven to 400 F.
2. Mix the above ingredients together (excluding the pie shell) until mixture is a consistent texture.
3. Pour the mixture into an unbaked pie shell.
4. Bake at 400 F for 10 minutes. Reduce the heat to 325 F and bake for another 25 minutes.
5. Let cool and serve with whipped cream.

The best way to serve drinks at any big family gathering is a help-yourself punch bowl. For an easy punch mix equal parts of cranberry juice, ginger ale and orange juice mixed together in a punch bowl.

This punch is a little bit tangy and perfect for a big family dinner.

It also goes well with vodka.

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