Here’s a super simple recipe for Classic Cranberry Sauce that you’ll soon be making for all your holiday dinners!
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Classic Cranberry Sauce
Classic Cranberry Sauce is a super simple cranberry sauce with a little bit of added flavor. You’ll never buy canned sauce again after making your own!
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🛒 Ingredients Needed:
- fresh cranberries
- granulated white sugar
- water
- finely grated orange zest
- kosher salt
- allspice
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✏️ How to Make Classic Cranberry Sauce:
*The complete, printable recipe with all ingredients and instructions is at the end of this post.
- Bring all the ingredients to boil in a medium saucepan. Stir every couple of minutes. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer until most of the cranberries burst, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool completely.
- Transfer the sauce to a medium container. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
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➡️ Recipe Tips and Substitutions:
- You can make cranberry sauce all year long. Buy bags of fresh cranberries and store them in the freezer. They freeze beautifully for many, many months!
- Use finely grated tangerine zest for a little bit of a different flavor!
- Use orange juice in place of water.
- Try using ground cinnamon in place of allspice.
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★ Make Ahead and Storage Instructions:
This recipe may be prepared up to one week ahead. Keep covered and refrigerated. You can freeze homemade cranberry sauce, and it works pretty well. It’s best to store it in the freezer for no longer than 3 months. The taste may be affected (due to its water content) if frozen longer. This comes in handy if you have a lot left over from your holiday dinner!
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❤️ What I Love About This Recipe:
- Homemade cranberry sauce is so much better than the stuff you buy in the can.
- It’s super, super easy to make.
- It’s great to add to turkey sandwiches!
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Best Cranberry Sauce Recipes:
Classic Cranberry Sauce
A super simple cranberry sauce with a little bit of added flavor. You’ll never buy canned sauce again after making your own!
Recipe Details
Servings: 8 servings (about ¼ cup each)
Calories: 117kcal
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Ingredients
- One 12 ounce bag fresh cranberries
- 1 cup granulated white sugar
- 1 cup water
- 2¼ teaspoons finely grated orange zest
- ½ teaspoon coarse kosher salt
- 1 dash allspice
Instructions
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Bring all the ingredients to boil in a medium saucepan. Stir every couple of minutes. Reduce heat to medium low and simmer until most of the cranberries burst, stirring occasionally, about 10 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool completely.
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Transfer the sauce to a medium container. Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
- This recipe may be prepared up to one week ahead. Keep refrigerated.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving, Calories: 117kcal, Carbohydrates: 30g, Protein: 0.2g, Fat: 0.2g, Saturated Fat: 0.01g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.03g, Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g, Sodium: 148mg, Potassium: 38mg, Fiber: 2g, Sugar: 27g, Vitamin A: 29IU, Vitamin C: 7mg, Calcium: 7mg, Iron: 0.1mg