Cranberry Sauce
A simple homemade cranberry sauce made with fresh cranberries, sugar, and optional mix-ins.
Equipment
- Medium saucepan
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 4 cups fresh or frozen cranberries one 12-ounce package
- 0.5 cup chopped pecans optional
- to taste orange zest optional
- to taste raisins optional
- to taste currants optional
- to taste blueberries optional
- to taste cinnamon optional
- to taste nutmeg optional
- to taste allspice optional
Instructions
- Rinse the cranberries: Place the cranberries in a colander and rinse them. Pick out and discard any damaged or bruised cranberries.
- Boil the water with sugar: Put the water and sugar in a medium saucepan on high heat and bring to a boil. Stir to dissolve the sugar.
- Add the cranberries, cook until they burst: 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.
- Stir in the mix-ins, if using: Once the cranberries have burst you can leave the cranberry sauce as is, or dress it up with other ingredients.
- Cool: Remove the pot from heat. Let cool completely at room temperature, then transfer to a bowl to chill in the refrigerator.
Notes
Cranberry sauce thickens as it cools.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupCalories: 200kcalCarbohydrates: 54gSodium: 5mgPotassium: 80mgFiber: 4gSugar: 50gVitamin C: 15mgCalcium: 1mgIron: 1mg
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