Homemade Cranberry Sauce with Orange Juice is a quick sauce that adds delicious cranberry flavor to your holiday meal. Make in just 15 minutes with 5 ingredients. Enjoy with your holiday dinner and use the leftovers as a spread for Thanksgiving sandwiches!
Dissolve sugar on low heat - Add sugar, orange juice, and water to a saucepan on medium heat. Cook until the sugar has dissolved, stirring occasionally.
1 cup Sugar, ¼ cup Fresh orange juice, ¾ cup Water
Cook cranberries - Add the cranberries and cinnamon sticks to the sauce pan and stir the ingredients until coated with the sugar mixture. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer for 10 minutes. The cranberries will burst and will form a sauce.
3 cups Fresh cranberries, 2 Cinnamon sticks
Remove sauce from heat to thicken - Remove cranberry sauce from heat and stir, allowing the sauce to thicken. The sauce will thicken as it cools down.
Refrigerate then serve - Once the cranberry sauce cools, refrigerate then place in a serving bowl when ready. Garnish with cinnamon sticks, an orange peel, or orange zest.
2 Cinnamon sticks, Strip of orange peel, Orange zest
Notes
StorageStore leftover cranberry sauce in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. You can also freeze the sauce for up to 2 months. Enjoy leftover cranberry sauce cold or reheat it in a pan on the stove or microwave it in a microwave safe container until warm.Top TipTo garnish cranberry sauce, take strip of orange peel and wrap it around chopstick or skewer. Let it sit and form a curl while you prepare the cranberry sauce. Once cranberry sauce is ready to serve, garnish the sauce with the curled peel.