Canadian Thanksgiving has already come and gone, but I’m posting this great recipe for homemade cranberry sauce in time for American Thanksgiving, and of course it’s perfect for Christmas too. I always bought canned cranberry sauce for the holidays because I thought making my own sauce would be too much work. Then this year when I was grocery shopping for our Thanksgiving dinner, I picked up a bag of fresh cranberries. On the back of the bag was a recipe for cranberry sauce. It seemed to simple and easy to be true. So I gave it a try, adding my own little touches to it, and it really was as easy as it seemed. I can’t believe I haven’t been making it myself all along. Everyone at dinner seemed to be impressed with it, and had no idea what little effort it took on my part. I used the leftover sauce to make cranberry sauce muffins the next day, which were really yummy too. I could see them being a great breakfast on Boxing Day.
Cranberry Sauce
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
1 12 oz pkg fresh cranberries
1 tbsp orange zest
1/4 tsp cinnamon
In a medium saucepan, combine water and sugar. Bring to a boil, then add cranberries. Bring to a boil again, then reduce heat to a gentle boil for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally until mixture thickens. Stir in zest and cinnamon. Allow to cool, then cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.
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Cranberry sauce is one of those things that is usually on the table for Thanksgiving for me. I love cranberry sauce so much that I can eat it by itself! Great simple post. Thanks for sharing this great recipe Megan 🙂
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i absolutely adore homemade cranberry sauce, this looks wonderful!
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Oh, my goodness! This looks amazing! Beautiful recipe! I can promise you that I’ll be adding this to my Thanksgiving list. :)It’s funny, because cranberry sauce is something you ‘grow into.’ I never liked it as a child, but now I love it. Thank you for sharing your recipe!Cheers,ChristiChristisChirps.blogspot.com
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I miss cranberry sauce. Yours looks delicious.
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I’ve always wanted to make my own cranberry sauce (because I can’t stand the stuff in the can). You’ve inspired me!
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This is a standard every day recipe….What I don’t understand are the comments of how great it is, unless people have actually made it!
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