Holiday Leftovers Recipe: Cranberry Orange Butter

Happy New Year!  Cranberries are often the only remaining leftover in the fridge by now, and sadly, they often end up getting tossed. Instead of throwing them out, try this super-simple recipe, and you can enjoy your cranberries for at least another week in a different form! Enjoy on hot cranberry bread or muffins, or warm biscuits.

This calls for cranberry orange relish, but you can also use plain cranberry sauce - just make sure to drain it well in step 1.

Using up leftovers doesn't get any easier than this!

Cranberry Orange Butter

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Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter or margarine, room temperature
1/4 cup cranberry orange relish

Directions:

• Put cranberry orange relish in sieve over a bowl and let drain; discarding the liquid or keep it for another use.
• Put butter in shallow bowl, and when it reaches room temperature, add the cranberry orange relish.
• Using a fork or pastry cutter, mix the relish into the butter until well blended, then put in pretty serving dish and put in refrigerator to get cool and solid.
• Serve cold on hot cranberry bread or muffins.