Preserving Cranberry Sauce

Hello. I have a recipe I got on this website from Gita. It is some work and worth it. She says the jars will seal but keep in refrigerator. I am wanting to preserve it and keep it out of the refrigerator but I am not sure if it will work.
Please advise:

3 # apples
3 bags cranberries
3 cups sugar
1 tsp cloves
1 lemon
2 tsp. ginger root
2 small navel oranges
1/3 cup Brandy

So what do you think? Can I use it as is and seal it and put in the cupboard? Or, does it need to be adjusted? If it needs adjusting to preserve, what do you suggest?

Welcome to the forum.

It is best to follow safe canning methods.

Here is a recipe for water bath canning:

https://permies.com/wiki/45/133684/pep-food-prep-preservation/Water-bath-canning-PEP-BB

If you would rather ferment them rather than the water bath here is one for fermented cranberry sauce:

https://permies.com/t/60323/fermented-cranberries

In NZ, it is not customary to waterbath jams and jellies, not even low acid fruit jams like strawberries or apricots.

I regularly make cranberry sauce with just half the weight of sugar to fruit - weigh the berries, barely cover with water and I use both orange zest and orange juice, bring to the boil and when the berries just start to pop, add the sugar and hard boil until the sugar is fully dissolved.

Pour into clean jars that have been kept warm in a 50C oven to with 2mm of the rim, screw top down immediately and invert for 10 minutes then turn right way up to completely cool.

I reuse commercial jars so long as the twist top lids are undamaged - not scratched inside or dented around the sides. New lids are readily available online from companies that sell jars.

If a spoon is inserted under the lugs and levered up, it breaks the vacuum without damaging the lids so that they can be re used.

Once opened, I store my preserves in the fridge but otherwise, they are kept in our garage until needed.

I am in my 60's and my mother preserved all her jams without water bathing them and myself and all three of my siblings have survived to tell the tale😉

Hey Megan, what do you mean by

If a spoon is inserted under the lugs, it breaks the vacuum without damaging the lids so that they can be re used.  

Pictures make my poor brain to not hurt...

Hello Joylynn

Am not sure whether lug is the correct word, but here's a couple of photos😉

Find a teaspoon with the thinnest stainless steel you can find, thick spoons won't fit between the lid and glass jar and won't give you any leverage.


It's an especially useful technique for those big wide mouthed twist top jars that I can never get my hands around and even dear husband struggle with at times.

Thank you!