It is that time of year when my Mom and I start planning the holiday goodies. I know some may be asking " What's the rush". Well you would have to know my mom to understand. She makes a ton of goodies at christmas. In fact Christmas time is when we see people just because they want to get their tin of goodies. People we have not heard from for 10 months will pop out of the woodwork. We don't care though. Each goodie tin is made with love and given with love. Anyway, so as we were talking (well she was talking I was working) and she asked me if I knew where the Cranberry Pecan Stuffing recipe was. That of course reminded me that I needed a recipe today. You would have thought I would have remembered considering the fact Cissy and I had just talked about it not more then two hours ago. So I told Mom I needed to find a recipe and she asked why I didn't do a recipe/hostess gift. Good idea Mom! This recipe makes a great hostess gift. It is so easy to make. It looks beautiful in a glass canning jar. Best of all it is GOOD! Please read past the recipe for some tips I included. It is just a few things we do and I thought I would share:)

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This is a recipe that has been handed to one hand to another so I don't know where to credit it to.

Cranberry Orange Relish

Ingredients:

* 3 cups fresh whole cranberries
* 1/2 cup sugar
* 2 tablespoons finely grated orange zest
* 1/2 cup water

Instructions
Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat. Simmer, stirring occasionally, until cranberries pop, about 5 minutes. Let cool and serve. This may be made ahead and refrigerated, covered, for up to 1 week before serving.
Makes 2 cups.


Tips:
1. It is best to make this fresh. We always make it the day we are going to someone's house. After you make it let it cool and put it in a 1Qt canning jar. Each qt jar should hold two cups of relish.
2. We make a label to put on the jar that includes:
*The name of the relish
*The Date it was made
and how long it will keep. ( This recipe keeps about 2 weeks even though it says 1)
3. To make the jar more festive cut a square out of christmas fabric using pinking shears. Hot glue the fabric onto the inner side of the lid. Place the screw lid on top and close. The fabric will hang over giving it a festive feel.

I hope that you try this recipe. It really does make a nice hostess gift and looks so pretty on a holiday table.

B.D.S.