This classic Cranberry Sauce Recipe is bursting with fresh berries in a sweet, tangy sauce.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword Cranberry Sauce, Cranberry Sauce Recipe
Prep Time 1 hourhour10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Calories 123kcal
Ingredients
1cupGranulated sugar
½cupWater
½cupOrange juice
Pinch of ground cinnamon
12ouncesFresh cranberries
Instructions
Combine water, orange juice, and sugar in a medium-large saucepan over medium heat.
Place the cranberries in a colander, inspect the cranberries, and remove any bad ones. Rinse.Next, carefully add them to the orange juice mixture in the saucepan.
Heat until the berries burst. Stirring occasionally.Note: this mixture will splatter; therefore, be careful to avoid burns.
After ten minutes of cooking time, add the cinnamon and orange zest, stir, and cook for two to five more minutes.