Homemade Cranberry Sauce With Orange

An overhead view of a bowl filled with cranberry sauce with orange and a serving spoon, surrounded by fresh cranberries, a navel orange, cinnamon stick, and orange peel on a gray background.

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Homemade Cranberry Sauce With Orange

Upgrade your holiday table with this super-simple recipe for homemade cranberry sauce infused with fresh orange flavor. It's a perfect make-ahead dish for easy entertaining.

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Total Time20

Course: Sauces

Cuisine: American

Servings: servings

Author: Lynne Webb

Ingredients

12 ounces fresh whole cranberries (1 bag, about 3 cups)
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 cinnamon stick
3 or 4 strips fresh orange peel

Instructions

Sort through the cranberries to remove any mushy, shriveled, or unripe (white) berries, then rinse in cool water.
Combine the water and sugar in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Add the cranberries, cinnamon stick, and orange peel.
Reduce the heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until the cranberries have "popped" and the mixture has thickened.
Remove from the heat, cover, and allow to cool to room temperature.
Remove the cinnamon stick and orange peel. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

Notes

MAKE-AHEAD INSTRUCTIONS: Cranberry sauce can be made up to 3 days ahead. Allow the sauce to cool before refrigerating it in a tightly sealed container.

FLAVOR VARIATION: SPICED CRANBERRY-POMEGRANATE SAUCE

Just follow the original recipe instructions and make these few adjustments:

Replace the water with pomegranate juice. Reduce the sugar to 1/2 cup (the pomegranate juice acts as a sweetener). Add 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract and 1/2 teaspoon of ground allspice.

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