Basic 3 Ingredient Cranberry Sauce (plus variations!)
User Reviews
4.9
33 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
5 mins
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Cook Time
5 mins
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Total Time
15 mins
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Servings
2 cups
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Course
Condiments
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Cuisine
American
Basic 3 Ingredient Cranberry Sauce (plus variations!)
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Learn how to make basic homemade cranberry sauce with just 3 ingredients as well as 8 different flavor variations. There's sure to be one you love!
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Ingredients
- 12 ounces fresh cranberries
- 1/2 cup water
- 1 cup granulated sugar
Instructions
- Rinse cranberries and discard any that are soft.
- In a medium saucepan combine cranberries, water, and sugar. Stir to combine. Cover and cook over medium heat until mixture boils and cranberries start to pop.
- Transfer mixture to a blender or food processor and blend until smooth, or pulse to leave chunks.
- Allow mixture to cool down before serving.
Notes
- Replace water with orange juice. Replace half of the sugar with brown sugar.
- Replace water with orange juice. Once cranberries start to pop, add in 1 to 2 sliced jalapenos and let cook two minutes before proceeding with blending the sauce.
- Replace water with apple juice.
- Replace water with one 16-ounce can of pineapple chunks, undrained.
- Replace water with 1/2 cup red wine + 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
- Replace the sugar with brown sugar and add in 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice, and 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves. For even more flavor, replace water with orange juice.
- Replace water with orange juice and add 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger in with sugar.
- Once cranberries start to pop, add in 1/2 to 1 chipotle in adobo sauce (not 1 whole can). Let cook 2 minutes before transferring to a blender.
- Cran-Orange Cranberry Sauce Replace water with orange juice. Replace half of the sugar with brown sugar.
- Spicy Jalapeno Cranberry Sauce Replace water with orange juice. Once cranberries start to pop, add in 1 to 2 sliced jalapenos and let cook two minutes before proceeding with blending the sauce.
- Cran-Apple Cranberry Sauce Replace water with apple juice.
- Pineapple Cranberry Sauce Replace water with one 16-ounce can of pineapple chunks, undrained.
- Red Wine Cranberry Sauce Replace water with 1/2 cup red wine + 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon.
- Spiced Cranberry Sauce Replace the sugar with brown sugar and add in 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice, and 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves. For even more flavor, replace water with orange juice.
- Orange Ginger Cranberry Sauce Replace water with orange juice and add 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger in with sugar.
- Chipotle Cranberry Sauce Once cranberries start to pop, add in 1/2 to 1 chipotle in adobo sauce (not 1 whole can). Let cook 2 minutes before transferring to a blender.
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Overall Rating
4.9
33 reviews
Excellent
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