Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce Recipe For The Holidays

Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce Recipe For The Holidays – the best sweet and delicious cranberries sauce make in 15 minutes with just 5 ingredients.

With Thanksgiving less than 2 weeks away, it is the perfect time to share a recipe for an easy homemade cranberry sauce.

I enjoy homemade meals all the time, but especially around the holidays!

This homemade cranberry sauce is sweet and flavorful . This stuff is much better than the one you buy at the store and it is worth the time making. You can control the amount of sugar used and skip the not so healthy preservatives. It only takes 20 minutes to make and can be refrigerated for up to 2 weeks.

What ingredients do you need to make this Homemade Cranberry Sauce?

• fresh cranverries
• sugar ( white and brown sugar or low-carb sugar)
• Orange juice
• Orange zest
• Water

How to make cranberry sauce?

1. In a medium sauce-pan over medium-high heat, whisk together water, orange juice, sugar, light-brown sugar and orange zest.
2. Bring to a boil then carefully add in cranberries.
3. Reduce heat to a simmer. Allow mixture to simmer about 15 – 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cranberries will pop.
4. Let sauce cool for about 20 – 30 minutes. Store in refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

What to serve this cranberry sauce with?

• Turkey
• As a part of your Thanksgiving Menu
• As a topping of a cheesecake
• Crepes
• Muffins
• Sandwiches
• Add it to Cheese Boards

We all know that turkey goes well with cranberry sauce, but you can still use your left over sauce to spread on toast, crepes, muffins, sandwich, make a dressing with it or spread over cheesecake. With all the fresh cranberries in pretty much every store, I just couldn’t wait and make some cranberry sauce “my way”.

I used combination of white and brown sugar in this recipe and also added some orange juice for extra freshness and flavor.

This homemade cranberry sauce is citrusy and delicious. Simple to make and you can’t get it wrong. And I totally forgot to mention it is vegan and gluten free.

How to thicken Cranberry Sauce?

Optional: To thicken the sauce even more and for extra Omega 3 and protein,  you can add 1 tbsp chia seeds, after you remove sauce from the stove top.

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Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce

By Lyubomira L

Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce. Great with turkey, but can be used to spread over toast, cheesecake, crepes or muffins.

Prep: 5 minutes mins

Cook: 20 minutes mins

Total: 25 minutes mins

Servings: 1 batch

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Ingredients 

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• ▢ 1 (12 oz/2 cups) bag cranberries, rinsed
• ▢ 1/2 cup water
• ▢ 1/2 cup orange juice
• ▢ 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• ▢ 1/2 cup light-brown sugar
• ▢ 1 tsp orange zest

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Instructions 

• In a medium sauce-pan over medium-high heat, whisk together water, orange juice, sugar, light-brown sugar and orange zest.
• Bring to a boil then carefully add in cranberries.
• Reduce heat to a simmer. Allow mixture to simmer about 15 - 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cranberries will pop.
• Let sauce cool for about 20 - 30 minutes. Store in refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

Notes

Optional: To thicken the sauce even more and for extra Omega 3 and protein, you can add 1 tbsp chia seeds, after you remove sauce from the stove top.

Nutrition

Calories: 863kcal, Carbohydrates: 221g, Protein: 1g, Sodium: 39mg, Potassium: 394mg, Sugar: 216g, Vitamin A: 250IU, Vitamin C: 64.8mg, Calcium: 105mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

Additional Info

Course: sauce

Cuisine: American

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I’ve been making this sauce every year. This is the most recent photo of it 🙂

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