Pear and Cranberry Preserves and Buttermilk Syrup

All this is copy and pasted recipes from momzoo.blogspot.com (she has pretty pictures.)  But I am heading out to pick a pear tree, and thought this would be great to try.  It looked amazing in the jars.

Pear and Cranberry Preserves
Here is the recipe from the "Ball Complete Book of Home Preserving"


3 cups crushed cored peeled pears

2/3 cup coarsely chopped dried cranberries

1/4 cup unsweetened apple juice

1/4 cup lemon juice

5 1/2 cup sugar (wowza!)

1 tsp cinnamon

1 pouch liquid pectin

In a large stainless steel pot combine all ingredients except the pectin. Over high heat, stirring constantly, bring to a full rolling boil, one that cannot be stirred down. Stir in pectin. Boil hard, stirring constantly for 1 minute.

Remove from heat, process 10 minutes (depending on elevation).


Buttermilk Syrup recipe

This syrup is super sweet, super buttery and down right yummy! It is very simple to make and usually I whip it up while frying pancakes in the morning, however it can be made ahead and kept in the refrigerator.

Here are the ingredients:

1 cup Butter

1 cup Sugar

1/2 cup Buttermilk

1 tsp vanilla

1/2 tsp baking soda


First, melt the butter.

Then add sugar and milk, whisk together and bring to a boil.

It will be creamy and frothy

Once the butter mixture is boiling, take it off the heat and add vanilla and baking soda.

The baking soda will make the mixture very foamy and big (for lack of a better word), so make sure you watch it so it won't bubble over the sides of the pan (using a big pan helps)

Serve nice and hot