10 Minute Cranberry Sauce Recipe from Scratch
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This 10 Minute homemade Cranberry Sauce recipe is made with 3 ingredients, and is a classic for your holiday table. Tangy and sweet with whole fresh cranberries, a little sugar, and the zest of an orange. It’s the holidays in every bite.
If you love homemade sauce, try this Cape Cod Cranberry Sauce for a historic-inspired recipe.
What to Love About This Recipe
This holiday season, skip the canned cranberry sauce and opt for an easy, 3-ingredient homemade cranberry sauce. I promise, it’s so much better!
Plus, you can make it ahead or at the last minute. It’s one of the easiest Thanksgiving recipes you’ll make this year!
And… while I love it as part of our Thanksgiving Menu or Christmas Dinner, it’s also delicious smeared on a roasted turkey sandwich for Thanksgiving leftovers, and that, my friends, is a joy not to be missed.
If you love festive cranberry treats, try this Cranberry Pistachio Biscotti drizzled in white chocolate or this really simple Cranberry Cream Cheese Danish!
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Ingredients
Here are the 3 simple ingredients you’ll need:
- Fresh cranberries are the base for this condiment.
- Orange brings bright, tangy citrus in the zest and juice.
- Sugar to sweeten the homemade sauce.
How to Make This Sauce
- Step 1: Rinse the cranberries, then add them to a saucepan with the sugar, orange zest, and juice. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to maintain a simmer and cook until the cranberries burst, about 10 minutes or less. The sauce will thicken as it cools.
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10 Minute Cranberry Sauce from Scratch
Ingredients
- 4 cups fresh cranberries 12-ounce bag
- 1 cup sugar
- 2-3 strips of orange zest
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup orange juice
Instructions
- Rinse and sort the cranberries, discarding any that are bruised or soft.
- In a large saucepan, add the combine the cranberries, sugar, orange zest water, and orange juice. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook, uncovered, for about 10 minutes, or until the berries begin to pop. The sauce will thicken further as it cools.
Nutritional information is only an estimate. The accuracy of the nutritional information for any recipe on this site is not guaranteed.
While whole berry cranberry sauce is easy to buy in a can, but this by-scratch recipe is so much better! Try it for the holidays and you’ll be glad you did!