This easy Cranberry Sauce Recipe, all you need 4 ingredients for delicious homemade cranberry sauce. With a hint of orange, you will love this sweet and tasty side cranberry dish!
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 20 minutesminutes
Servings 10
Calories 94kcal
Author Lisa
Ingredients
1cupsugar
1cupwater
Juice from 1 orange*
3cupsfresh or frozen cranberries12 oz package
Orange zest
Instructions
Rinse cranberries and remove any bad ones.
Zest orange then squeeze out the juice into the saucepan you will be using. (1 orange)
In the medium sized saucepan bring the sugar, water, and orange juice to a boil. Stir until sugar is dissolved. (1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, juice from 1 orange)
Add cranberries to pot and return to a boil. Then lower heat to a simmer and cook for 10 minutes or until most of the cranberries have burst. (3 cups cranberries) For thicker sauce simmer for another 5-10 minutes.
Remove from heat and stir in the orange zest. Allow cranberry sauce to come to room temperature and then refrigerate until chilled. It will thicken as it cools.
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Tips and Tricks
*Zest the orange before juicing- it makes it so much easier!