Homemade Cranberry Orange Sauce
Sweet, tart cranberries mixed with autumnal spices, vanilla, sugar and orange juice. Simmer until fruit cooks down into a thick sauce!
Prep Time5 minutes mins
Cook Time20 minutes mins
Total Time25 minutes mins
Course: Side Dish
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Cranberry Orange Sauce, Gluten Free, Holiday Sides, Thanksgiving Sides
Servings: 12
Calories: 52kcal
- 3.5 cups cranberries *1 package *340 grams *12 oz
- 1 medium navel orange
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup sugar *sub maple syrup or your favorite sugar-free sweetener
Recipe notes:
Monk Fruit Sweetener: If you want to make sugar-free cranberry sauce, this is a good substitute.
Rinse cranberries well and place them in a medium size sauce pan (no need to dry them off).
3.5 cups cranberries
Zest and juice orange into the pan.
1 medium navel orange
Add vanilla extract, ground cinnamon, ground cloves, salt and sugar. 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract, ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon, ⅛ teaspoon ground cloves, ⅛ teaspoon salt, ½ cup sugar
Place pan on the stovetop and turn heat to low. Mix well and cover.
Allow ingredients to simmer together for about 20 minutes, stir occasionally.
Once cranberries have cooked down into a thick sauce, remove pan from heat.
Serve warm or chill first.
Enjoy!
Serving: 2- Tablespoons (all values are approximate). | Sugar: 10.5g | Fiber: 2.1g | Calories: 52kcal | Protein: 0.2g | Carbohydrates: 13.8g