The Best Homemade Cranberry Sauce
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This is such an amazing cranberry sauce recipe!
I grew up eating cranberry sauce from a can. You know the round, gelatinous slices that taste like sour patch kids gone wrong?
Meh. Never was a fan of cranberry sauce… or so I thought.
When I was a teenager, my mom started making it from scratch. Much, much better. I started to become a fan.
But now. NOW??? Oh my word. I figured out exactly how to make it and what to add to it to give it that elevation every holiday meal deserves!
You can add pumpkin pie spice in place of the cinnamon and nutmeg. It’s also super delicious!
If you’re not a die-hard cranberry sauce fan, I hope you love this recipe and it changes your mind about cranberry sauce forever!
The Best Cranberry Sauce Recipe ever
The Best Cranberry Sauce Recipe
Elevate your Cranberry Sauce game with this tangy, sweet, citrusy cranberry sauce!
Ingredients
- 12 ounce bag of fresh cranberries, rinsed
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup Pulp Free Orange Juice (you can juice your own if you want to)
- 3/4 cup packed light or dark brown sugar
- 1/8 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/8 tsp ground nutmeg
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Zest your orange
- Juice your orange juice if making your own.
- In a saucepan, add cranberries, water, orange juice, and brown sugar together and cook on medium heat until it comes to a gentle simmer. When you start to see small bubbles, reduce heat to low-medium. Stirring occasionally, cook the cranberries until the liquid has reduced and your cranberries are bursting and soft.
- Remove from heat and allow to cool. It will thicken as it cools.
Notes
You can keep the cranberry sauce in the refrigerator for 4-5 days.
You can also make it up to a month ahead and freeze in a freezer zip loc bag.
What else could you add to the best cranberry sauce recipe?
I’ve never tried it, but I think some dark cherries would be a delicious addition!
Or try using lime instead of orange. That might be a nice twist!
I love cranberry sprite. I can only imagine that might be good!
Whatever you decide, it will be yummy. Just because it’s homemade and not a round disk you sliced from a can!
Would you add anything else? Let me know down in the comments below!
XOXO
Gwen
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