Homemade Holiday Cranberry Sauce

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Spice up your table with this Holiday Cranberry Sauce recipe.

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Cranberries

Ingredients:

  • 1 (12 ounce) bag of fresh cranberries
  • 4 whole cloves
  • 2 (3-inch) cinnamon sticks
  • 4 allspice berries
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cups water
  • Grated zest from 1 orange

Instructions:

  1. Add cranberries to a colander and rinse. Remove any berries that do not look fresh.
  2. Place cloves, cinnamon stick and allspice berries in a spice bag.Spice Bag
  3. In a medium sauce pan add water, sugar and spice bag and stir until syrup is clear. Bring to a boil.
  4. Add cranberries and cook. Berries will begin popping. Cook for about 5 minutes.
  5. Remove pan from heat. Discard spice bag. Use microplane to grate orange zest. Add to mixture and cool.Orange Zest
  6. Refrigerate 1 to 3 days before serving.
  7. Enjoy!

Cranberry Sauce

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Cranberry Sauce

Spice up your table with this Holiday Cranberry Sauce recipe. 

Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword cranberry sauce
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Refrigerate 4 hours
Total Time 4 hours 35 minutes
Servings 6 people
Author Jettskitchen.com

Ingredients

  • 1 (12 ounce bag) Fresh Cranberries
  • 4 Whole Cloves
  • 2 (3-inch) Cinnamon Sticks
  • 4 Allspice Berries
  • 1 1/2 Cups Granulated Sugar
  • 3/4 Cups Water
  • Grated Zest from 1 orange

Instructions

  1. Add Cranberries to a colander and rinse. Remove any berries that do not look fresh. 

  2. Place cloves, cinnamon sticks and allspice berries in a spice bag.

  3. In a medium sauce pan add water, sugar, and spice bag and stir until syrup is clear. Bring to a boil. 

  4. Add cranberries and cook. Berries will begin popping. Cook for about 5 minutes.

  5. Remove pan from heat. Discard spice bag. Use microplane to grate orange zest. Add to mixture and cool.

  6. Refrigerate 1 to 3 days before serving.

  7. ENJOY!  

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