Serve our homemade cranberry sauce with your holiday turkey or use just as you would jam over toast, biscuits, thumbprint cookies, pancakes, oatmeal, and vanilla ice cream!
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Servings: 21/2 CUPS
Ingredients
1c.orange juice
3/4 to 1c.granulated sugar
1(12 oz.) pkg.fresh cranberries
Juice and zest of one lemon
Any desired add-insI always add a pinch of cinnamon
Instructions
Whisk juice and sugar together in a large saucepan over medium-high heat; add cranberries, lemon juice, and zest. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until all the berries have popped. Take a spoon of the sauce out, cool it off and taste to adjust sugar. Reduce heat to a low simmer and continue cooking for an additional 10-15 minutes.
Stir in any add-ins desired. Strain if a smooth sauce is desired or leave as is and allow to cool. Refrigerate; the sauce will thicken in the fridge.
Add-ins: Pecans, walnuts, raisins, currants, mandarin orange wedges, and spices such as nutmeg, cardamom, allspice, cinnamon. Add a couple tablespoons of hot pepper jelly or minced jalapeno to spice it up.