Best Fresh Cranberry Sauce Recipes

PERFECT CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Empty a 12-ounce bag of fresh or frozen cranberries into a saucepan and transfer 1/2 cup to a small bowl. Add 1 cup sugar, 1 strip orange or lemon zest and 2 tablespoons water to the pan and cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves and the cranberries are soft, about 10 minutes. Increase the heat to medium and cook until the cranberries burst, about 12 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and stir in the reserved cranberries. Add sugar, salt and pepper to taste and cool to room temperature before serving.

HOLIDAY CRANBERRY-ORANGE CRUNCH

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Early in the day, cut unpeeled oranges into quarters.
• Remove seeds.
• Put oranges and cranberries into a food processor .
• While processing, add sugar.
• Place in the refrigerator until an hour before you plan to make this bar cookie.
• Gather the ingredients.
• Preheat the oven to 350 F.
• Grease an eight-inch square baking pan.
• In a bowl, mix together the oats, flour and brown sugar. Cut in the butter until nice and crumbly.
• Place half of this mixture in the prepared pan.
• Carefully spread with the bottom crust with 1 cup* of cranberry relish**.
• Top the cranberry layer with the remaining crumb mixture.
• Bake this cranberry crunch for 45 minutes.
• Serve this tasty treat warm topped with ice cream.
• Enjoy!

FRESH CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Bring water to a boil in a saucepan; add sugar and cook until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Mix cranberries into the sugar water; bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, and simmer until desired consistency is reached, about 10 minutes.

FRESH CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine sugar and water in a medium saucepan. Bring to boil; add cranberries, return to boil. Reduce heat and boil gently for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cover and cool completely at room temperature. Refrigerate until serving time.
• This recipe is made available as a courtesy by Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc.

ABSOLUTE BEST CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• Rinse cranberries, place in 2-quart pan with water.
• Stir in Splenda Crystal Lite Orange powder, cinnamon, raspberry gelatin and unflavored gelatin if desired.
• Bring to a boil (or use crock pot for long simmering) mashing some of the berries with back of spoon.
• When thickened, pour into serving dish and refrigerate overnight.

CLASSIC CRANBERRY SAUCE

Steps:

• In a saucepan, combine cranberries, sugar, orange zest and juice, cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 cup water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and simmer, stirring occasionally, until cranberries burst and mixture thickens slightly, 12 to 15 minutes. (Sauce will thicken more as it cools.) Remove from heat; let cool completely. Refrigerate in an airtight container up to 1 week.