  {"id":169907,"date":"2022-12-05T14:11:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-06T00:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=169907"},"modified":"2022-12-14T14:57:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T00:57:37","slug":"uh-mazing-holiday-recipes-almond-cranberry-clusters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/12\/05\/uh-mazing-holiday-recipes-almond-cranberry-clusters\/","title":{"rendered":"<abbr>东精影业<\/abbr>-mazing holiday recipes: Tiffanie Masutani\u2019s almond cranberry clusters"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/uh-holiday-recipes-almond-cranberry-clusters.jpg\" alt=\"Almond cranberry clusters\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-169904\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/uh-holiday-recipes-almond-cranberry-clusters.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/uh-holiday-recipes-almond-cranberry-clusters-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/uh-holiday-recipes-almond-cranberry-clusters-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>The holiday season is here, and <abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> News is asking members of the University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> <span aria-label=\"ohana\">&#699;ohana<\/span> to share their favorite recipes. The hope is these recipes and the short stories that accompany them will give everyone some recipe ideas for the holidays.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_169905\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-169905\" style=\"width: 214px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/uh-holiday-recipes-matsutani-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Tiffanie Masutani headshot\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-169905\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/uh-holiday-recipes-matsutani-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/uh-holiday-recipes-matsutani-93x130.jpg 93w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/uh-holiday-recipes-matsutani.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-169905\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chef Tiffanie Masutani is passionate about encouraging kids to cook and bake.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/academics\/programs-of-study\/culinary-arts-program\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> Community College Culinary<\/a> faculty and Patisserie Chef <strong>Tiffanie Masutani<\/strong> shared a recipe for the holidays inspired by the almond chocolate clusters she learned to make as a former <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr title=\"Community College\">CC<\/abbr> pastry student in Chef <strong>Ernst Hiltbrand<\/strong>&#8216;s class. The version presented here is inspired by Chef Ewald Notter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I like this recipe because it&#8217;s easy to make, and you can customize it to your liking by adding your own flavors to it,&rdquo; Masutani said. &ldquo;It\u2019s a great recipe for kids, but our culinary students also learn a version of this as well. Feel free to substitute the dried cranberries with your own favorite dried fruit or change up the chocolate to milk or dark chocolate.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The recipe is also a sneak peek at the <a href=\"https:\/\/continuinged.kapiolani.hawaii.edu\/cooking-classes\/\"><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> <abbr>CC<\/abbr> Culinary Kid\u2019s Baking class<\/a> happening on December 10, 2022.<\/p>\n<h2>Recipe<\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"blocklink\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/tag\/uh-holiday-recipes\/\">See more <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr>-mazing holiday recipes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Yield: Approximately 24 clusters<\/p>\n<p><strong>Simple Syrup Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/4 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Combine water and sugar together in a pot.<\/li>\n<li>Bring to a boil. Once boiling, shut off the heat and cool for later.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Cluster Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Simple Syrup (from above recipe)<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 cup sliced almonds<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup dried cranberries*<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup crushed wafer flakes<\/li>\n<li>1\/4 cup powdered sugar<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup good quality white chocolate<\/li>\n<p>\n*In place of dried cranberries, you can use your favorite dried fruit, but cut it into small pieces or strips\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.<\/li>\n<li>In a medium-sized bowl, add all the almonds. Pour enough simple syrup to coat the almonds and gently toss. You want enough syrup to coat but not so much syrup that it&#8217;s pooling at the bottom of the bowl. If you have excess syrup, pour it out.<\/li>\n<li>Sift powdered sugar on top enough to coat all the almonds evenly and toss gently.<\/li>\n<li>Spread the powdered sugar-covered almonds on a cookie sheet or pan and toast in the oven for approximately 10&#8211;12 minutes or until light golden brown. Cool.<\/li>\n<li>In a bowl, combine the toasted almonds, dried cranberries and crushed wafer flakes and mix all ingredients together.<\/li>\n<li>Melt chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl\/container, using 15-second bursts and stirring in between.<\/li>\n<li>Once the chocolate is melted, pour into the almond\/cranberry\/wafer mixture and mix until all dry ingredients are lightly coated in chocolate.<\/li>\n<li>Using 2 spoons, scoop out portions about 1 1\/2 inches in diameter into mini muffin cups\/dessert cups.<\/li>\n<li>Let cool and enjoy!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Optional<\/strong>: Drizzle dark chocolate on top or sift additional powdered sugar on top of clusters or top with sprinkles for added fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> CC&#8217;s Tiffanie Masutani shared a recipe inspired by the almond chocolate clusters she learned to make as a former <span aria-label=\"Kapiolani\">Kapi&#699;olani<\/span> CC pastry student.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[184,181,63,1571],"class_list":["post-169907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-culinary","tag-culinary-institute-of-the-pacific","tag-kapiolani-community-college","tag-uh-holiday-recipes","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169907"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169907\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170529,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169907\/revisions\/170529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}