Homemade Cranberry Sauce

Flavored with citrusy orange juice and the perfect amount of sugar, this is guaranteed the BEST Cranberry Sauce Recipe EVER! This sticky-sweet sauce is a must-have on your holiday table! 

Ingredients

2 cups fresh cranberries

½ cup water

¼ cup orange juice

½ cup granulated sugar

Pinch of salt

Instructions

Rinse cranberries thoroughly.

Add water and orange juice to a medium pan over high heat and bring to a boil.

Add sugar and salt and whisk in allowing them to dissolve into the liquid.

Lastly, add rinsed cranberries and bring liquid back to a boil. Once boiling, lower heat and simmer cranberries for 12 minutes allowing the cranberries to burst. Turn off heat and allow cranberry sauce to cool to room temperature and serve.

Notes

This is a simple cranberry sauce recipe, but you can add different ingredients to create something a little more uniquely flavored. 

These are my favorite customizations: 

Cranberry-Cherry Sauce- Add ½-1 cup of defrosted frozen black cherries to the cranberries before bringing them to a boil. 

Cranberry Applesauce- Add 1 peeled and diced apple to the cranberries and use apple cider instead of water and orange juice. 

Brown Sugar Cranberry Sauce- use light or dark brown sugar instead of granulated sugar. 

Nutrition

Serving: 0.25cup | Calories: 84kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 2mg | Potassium: 48mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 19g | Vitamin A: 41IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 5mg | Iron: 0.1mg