Make this perfect cranberry sauce recipe for the holiday table and your guests will be so impressed! You can’t go wrong with this recipe…and store bought canned cranberry sauce will never compare! Today’s homemade cranberry sauce recipe is just lip-smacking fantastic.

Why we love Perfect Cranberry Sauce Recipe

Oh my gosh, how have I lived with canned cranberry sauce all of these years when this cRaZy delicious recipe has been under my nose all this time?

I always thought the perfect cranberry sauce would be hard to make or, at least, not worth the effort. Boy, have I been wrong all of these years! Believe me, once you taste this cranberry sauce, it will be a regular staple at every holiday dinner.

It is the easiest dish to make. You can’t go wrong with this recipe.

Ingredients in Perfect Cranberry Sauce Recipe

• fresh or frozen cranberries
• sugar or agave
• orange or lemon zest
• orange juice
• sea salt and pepper (the salt and pepper in this recipe is a must, so do not omit!)

Our flavored butter will go fabulously too…Pumpkin Lime or Cranberry Orange Butter

How to make Perfect Cranberry Sauce Recipe

• Add cranberries to a large saucepan and reserve 1/2 cup of the cranberries in a small bowl.
• Add sugar, orange zest, orange juice to the pan and cook over low heat stirring until sugar dissolves and cranberries soften (about 10 minutes).
• Increase heat to medium and continue cooking about 12 minutes more or until cranberries burst.
• Reduce heat to low and stir in the reserved cranberries. Add additional sugar, if desired, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Remove from stove and cool to room temperature before serving.

Yield: 6

Perfect Cranberry Sauce Recipe

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Make this Perfect Cranberry Sauce Recipe! for the holiday table and your guests will be so impressed!

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 22 minutes

Total Time 37 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 (12- ounce) bag of fresh or frozen cranberries
• 1/2 cup sugar or agave, plus more to taste
• 1 strip orange or lemon zest
• 2 tablespoons orange juice
• sea salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Add cranberries to a large saucepan and reserve 1/2 cup of the cranberries in a small bowl.
2. Add sugar, orange zest, orange juice to the pan and cook over low heat stirring until sugar dissolves and cranberries soften (about 10 minutes).
3. Increase heat to medium and continue cooking about 12 minutes more or until cranberries burst.
4. Reduce heat to low and stir in the reserved cranberries. Add additional sugar, if desired, and salt and pepper to taste.
5. Remove from stove and cool to room temperature before serving.
6. Enjoy your Perfect Cranberry Sauce Recipe!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

6

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 77Total Fat: 0gSaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 50mgCarbohydrates: 20gFiber: 1gSugar: 18gProtein: 0g

More Holiday Sides 

• Brown Sugar Banana Squash
• Maple, Pecan, Sweet Potato Casserole
• Sweet and Savory Butternut Squash Recipe
• Southwest Roasted Cauliflower
• Lion House Potato Casserole
• Honey Cinnamon Sweet Potatoes
• Horseradish Mashed Potatoes
• Green Beans with Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette and Parmesan Crumbs
• Mediterranean Lemon Roasted Potatoes Recipe
• Browned Butter, Parmesan, and Almond Green Beans

Perfect Cranberry Sauce Recipe has got to be a part of your holiday feasting this year! 

 

Thanks for being a part of the CWR blog-family!

All the love,

Ruthie

 

 

Originally contributed: Jen @ Bakerette. Recipe inspired by Food Network Kitchen