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Cranberry sauce in a bowl ready to hit the table for the holiday dinners.

Easy Cranberry Sauce with Orange Juice (Gluten-free)

Meeta Arora
Skip the canned cranberry sauce this year. Make this homemade cranberry sauce with orange juice in only fifteen minutes!
5 from 5 votes
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Appetizer, Baics, condiment
Cuisine American
Servings 8
Calories 68 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 12 Ounce Bag Whole Cranberries Fresh or Frozen
  • 1 Cup Orange Juice
  • 1 Zest of an Orange
  • ¾ Cup Sugar Honey or Maple Syrup
  • 1 Teaspoon Vanilla
  • ½ Teaspoon Cinnamon
  • ⅛ Teaspoon Ground Ginger

Instructions
 

  • Combine all the ingredients into a small saucepan over medium-low heat.
    12 Ounce Bag Whole Cranberries , 1 Cup Orange Juice , 1 Zest of an Orange , ¾ Cup Sugar, 1 Teaspoon Vanilla , ⅛ Teaspoon Ground Ginger , ½ Teaspoon Cinnamon
  • Stirring occasionally, let the sauce simmer until the cranberries have started to pop and the sauce coats the back of a spoon.
  • Once desrired thickness has been achieved, remove the sauce from the heat.
  • Transfer the cranberry sauce to a dish and let it chill until you are ready to serve.

Notes

Tips and Tricks
  • Want more texture? - If you want your cranberry sauce to have more texture, reserve about a half cup of cranberries and stir them in once; the others have started to pop. This will allow some cranberries to stay together, adding more texture to the final sauce.
  • Cranberry sauce with dried cranberries. - You can make cranberry sauce with dried cranberries. I recommend using unsweetened dried cranberries for this recipe. I would also add an additional quarter to half a cup of liquid to help rehydrate the dried cranberries.

Nutrition

Calories: 68kcal
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