Last year, my mom made the most delicious homemade cranberry sauce for Christmas.
I’ve never really been a fan of the tart topping, until I tried her new recipe. I could taste notes
of orange and cinnamon – something I’d never found in any other cranberry sauce and it was
absolutely delicious! She sent us home with a jar and we used it all up within the following weeks.
So I thought I would add this delectable cranberry sauce to our Thanksgiving dinner menu.
What I love about making things from scratch is the satisfaction of knowing precisely what goes into my family’s food. I like that this recipe has fewer than five ingredients and is chock-full of flavour. When I was cooking the sauce, our home floated in an aroma that had both Mr. Smith and Little A. heading in the direction of the kitchen and I don’t blame them – it smelt divine and tasted so too!
Homemade Cranberry Sauce
12 ounces of fresh cranberries
(about 1 1/2 cups)
1 cup fresh pulp-free orange juice
3/4 cup raw sugar
1 Tbsp cinnamon
1 Tbsp orange zest
In a sauce pan, dissolve sugar into orange juice on high heat. Stir until sugar disappears.
Lower to medium-high heatand add in cranberries and cinnamon.
Continue to stir occasionally as the sauce thickens. The cranberries will
begin to burst and once this happens to most of them, the sauce is ready.
(Aprox. 8-10 minutes) – Transfer to serving dish & top with orange zest. The sauce
may look runny, but I assure you, it will thicken as it cools.
Store in fridge until ready to serve.
Enjoy!
Emily Smith is the Editor of The Best of This Life who has been writing in the lifestyle niche and creating delicious recipes for over 10 years. Her work has been featured on BRIT + CO, Today's Parent, Chatelaine, Huffington Post, The Pioneer Woman, and Food Bloggers of Canada. She writes about family, food, entertaining, home decor, wellness, travel and a litany of other topics. She loves sharing her three core values - love life, live well, share the beauty - and encourages her readers to enjoy the best of their lives every day. She lives in Ottawa with her loving husband, two darling children, and dreams of one day owning a puppy.
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Emily waht lovely look your cranberry plate, this sauce look delicious! gloria
oh, yay!!! i just bought cranberries to make sauce, but wasn’t quite sure what i would throw them together with this year…i will definitely be consulting this recipe 🙂 sounds delicious and looks so pretty! xoxoxo brynn
Yummm…we make this at Thanksgiving every year…yours looks so pretty. Thanks for sharing. xoxo
When are you going to stop tempting me with your delicious pics and actually begin feeding me…?! I´m just asking..! 😀
This looks so delicious! The thanksgiving meal is one I don’t have a lot of experience with, my 90 yr old grandma takes care of everything! And she wouldn’t have it any other way!
Yum! I have never made cranberries before, but I am going to attempt them this year!
What beautiful styling and photos Emily! My Mom makes a similar cranberry sauce and I know what you mean about the scent! It’s heavenly!
XO
Sam
What gorgeous pictures and a fabulous recipe. I just might have to give this a try for Thanksgiving! xo
Your pictures are gorgeous!
Mmm…. oh I’m definitely trying this out this holiday season! I love Cranberry sauce with orange juice, but never tried it with cinnamon!xx
Is it incredibly sad that I eat cranberry sauce out of the can? Its the one thing in a can that I like. But I think this will trump the stuff in the can! So easy, too! I’ll have to add it to our Christmas menu…
Can the can cranberry be used to make this sauce
Hi Laverne, most canned cranberries already contain sugar and are a sauce themselves (that I’ve seen…I don’t know if there are water packed canned cranberries. I’m not sure how it would turn out? In my opinion, I would stick to fresh or frozen cranberries. Thank you!