Sometimes when you’re getting ready for a big holiday meal, it can be tempting to buy ready made cranberry sauce in a can. After all, it’s one less thing to worry about preparing, right?
I know I did it for years!
Then several years ago, I decided to try making our own. I was shocked!
Not only was it super simple to make, it tasted so much better!
If you’ve never made homemade cranberry sauce then I encourage you to give it a try this year.
It really couldn’t be simpler and once you’ve tried it, you’ll never go back to store bought ever again!
The following recipe will yield approximately 1.5 cups of Cranberry Sauce:
6 oz of fresh or frozen organic cranberries
¼ c freshly squeezed organic orange juice
Zest of one organic orange (approximately 1 tbsp)
½ c organic cane sugar
Zest the orange, cut it in half and squeeze the juice.
Add the cranberries, orange zest, orange juice and sugar to a small sauce pan.
Cook on medium heat for approximately 15 to 20 minutes.
The cranberries will start to burst. You may even hear a popping sound.
Continue to cook, stirring occasionally until the sauce has been reduced to the thickness that you like.
Towards the end of the cooking you may want to mash the berries that have not burst on their own.
Be careful as the sauce will be very hot!
Pour the sauce into a serving bowl and allow to cool.
Serve and enjoy!
And if you have any cranberry sauce leftover after your holiday meal, I have three great recipes for using it up!
Leftover Cranberry Sauce Drop Cookies
For a savory rather than sweet alternative for using it up, try my Crock Pot Whole Chicken Cranberry Bake
Now if you’re lucky enough to find cranberries on sale, you may even want to buy several bags and can it to have for future use or to give as gifts.
The recipe above can easily be doubled or even quadrupled!
To learn how easy it is to can homemade cranberry sauce, to have on hand or to give as gifts… click through to the next page.
10 Comments
Betty
November 18, 2016 6:13 pmThank you for the recipe and instructions. I just now made a batch and I love the flavor of it.
Can’t wait to have some with a meal.
Vanessa
November 17, 2016 5:10 amI love making cranberries from sauce ever Thanksgiving but I love your recipe and I am going to give these a try this year. Thank you for sharing at Dishing it and Digging it link party. Hope to see you again this coming Sunday. Have a great week.
CathieJ
November 12, 2016 3:10 pmI love homemade cranberry sauce and make it every Thanksgiving. Sadly, my adult children prefer the canned jellied sauce. I may try this recipe this year. Thanks for sharing.
Mary
November 9, 2016 5:53 pmIs there anything prettier than cranberry sauce in a crystal bowl. It looks delicious too.
Summer
November 9, 2016 10:02 amBright and yummy ♥
Elizbeth
November 10, 2013 1:26 pmI LOVE this recipe! I like to add about 1/4 cup chopped walnuts.
Alice @ Mums Make Lists
November 1, 2013 2:28 amWhat a lovely sight all those cranberries cooking in the pan 🙂
I have featured this in my post on different ways to cook with cranberries – thanks so much for sharing at Empty Your Archive, Alice @ Mums Make Lists
Karen
October 20, 2013 12:02 pmYummy! I am going to have to try this. Thank you for sharing the recipe!
Three Sheep Studio
October 20, 2013 7:44 amYour cranberry sauce looks very great !
I add mandarin oranges, grapes and walnuts to mine…but we don’t can the sauce.
Visiting from “Sew Many Ways”.
Rose
Celtic Thistle
October 14, 2013 6:11 amLooks lovely! Sadly I am the only one in the family who likes cranberry sauce.
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