Homemade Cranberry Juice

Cranberry Juice

I bought quite a few bags of cranberries right after Thanksgiving and popped them in the freezer for later use. Decided to make cranberry juice last night. The juice came out great. Nothing like store-bought. It was really easy, too. I started with 5  (12oz.) bags of cranberries. I measured them out and added the same amount of water- each bag was just under 4 cups of berries so I added 3 1/2 cups of water for each bag. I brought this mixture to a boil and let it cook until the berries starting popping. I strained the juice twice. First time through a fine strainer and second time through a strainer lined with cheesecloth. I returned the juice to the pot and brought it up barely to a simmer. To sweeten it I added 6 oz. of frozen apple juice concentrate and less than a cup of sugar. Once the juice was up to a simmer I let it cook 5 minutes and then ladled it into clean, hot quart canning jars. I filled them to about 1/4 inch from the top, wiped the rims and closed the jars. I also used the last of it to fill a pint jar. Processed in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes. Ended up with 4 quarts and 1 pint for my efforts.  Don’t discard the pulp- you can make fruit roll ups with it.