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simple cranberry sauce

(1 rating)
Meave avatar
Recipe by
Amy H.
@Meave
Detroit, MI

This makes a simple cranberry sauce. Its very easy to make. You can add pecan halves and/or Mandarin oranges if desired.

(1 rating)
yield 6 -8
prep time 5 Min
cook time 5 Min
method Stove Top

Ingredients For simple cranberry sauce

  • 1 pkg
    (12 oz.) fresh cranberries
  • 1 c
    sugar
  • 2 Tbsp
    orange juice or water
  • peel of 1 orange

How To Make simple cranberry sauce

  • 1
    Place the cranberries in a colander and rinse them. Pick out and discard any damaged or bruised cranberries.
  • 2
    Put the water and sugar and orange peel in a medium saucepan on high heat and bring to a boil. Stir to dissolve the sugar.
  • 3
    Add the cranberries to the pot and return to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes or until most of the cranberries have burst.
  • 4
    Remove the pot from heat. Let cool completely at room temperature, remove the orange peel then transfer to a bowl to chill in the refrigerator. Note that the cranberry sauce will continue to thicken as it cools.
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