Say goodbye to canned cranberry sauce and hello to Whole Berry Cranberry Sauce. With its perfect blend of tartness and sweetness, it is a must-have for your holiday menu.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Chilling Time2 hourshrs
Total Time2 hourshrs15 minutesmins
Servings: 8
Ingredients
2cupsfresh cranberries
1cupwater
⅔cupwhite sugar
1cinnamon stickor ¼ teaspoon cinnamon
1teaspoonorange zest
Instructions
Combine sugar and water in a medium saucepan and boil on medium heat.
1 cup water, ⅔ cup white sugar
Add the cranberries, zest, and cinnamon stick. Reduce heat to low and boil for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. The cranberry sauce is done when the berries start to pop.
Cool at room temperature, then refrigerate. The sauce will thicken as it cools, so don't panic if it seems a little runny at first.
Notes
If you can, always opt for fresh cranberries.
Adjust the amount of sugar if you like. I use less sugar in my recipe than many cranberry sauce recipes because I like to taste the tartness of the cranberries. But if you want to go sweeter, increase the sugar to 1 cup.
You can also substitute orange juice or apple cider for the water for a sweeter cranberry sauce.