Cranberries are simmered with the juice and zest of an orange and then sweetened with honey make this delicious cranberry sauce recipe. It will easily become a holiday tradition you will want to make every single year.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword best cranberry sauce, cranberry sauce, cranberry sauce recipe
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 15 minutesminutes
Servings 8
Calories 91kcal
Author Lisa
Ingredients
12ouncesfresh cranberries
½cuphoney or maple syrup
½cupapple cider
Zest and juice of 1 medium orange
Instructions
Add cranberries in a medium stockpot.
Zest an orange right into the pot.
Slice an orange in half and squeeze the juice into the pot.
Add apple cider and honey or maple syrup.
Bring to a simmer. Allow the mixture to cook, stirring occasionally, until the cranberries start popping open. About 10 minutes or so.
Take off heat, and allow to cool a bit. It will thicken as it cools.
Serve.
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Notes
Store leftover sauce in an air-tight container for 3-4 days.
If you do not have apple cider, or you don't want to use it, you could just use the juice of an orange to provide the sweetness you need.
The orange juice is not optional because it pairs so nicely with the tart cranberries.
You can easily double or triple this recipe and freeze leftovers for later.