My Favorite Simple Orange Cranberry Sauce
So simple to make and so much better than canned.
- 1 cup orange juice*
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick or 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon optional
- 1 bag fresh or frozen cranberries, well rinsed 12 oz package
- 1 orange zested
Add orange juice, sugar and cinnamon stick to pot and bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Let boil for a few minutes then add cranberries and orange zest. Once it is back to a boil, allow the mixture to boil for about 7 minutes. Don’t be alarmed when the cranberries start popping, just stand back 🙂 .
Let sauce cool for 10 minutes in pot then transfer to a glass jar or container, cover and cool completely then put in refrigerator.
If you only want to use the juice from the 1 orange that you zested, instead of cutting into another one to make the one cup of liquid, then you can substitute the rest of what you need to make a cup with water.
You can throw all of the ingredients into the pot together, to make it even more simple, just make sure you stir it well before turning on heat then bring it to a boil and boil for 7-10 minutes.