Spiced Cranberry Sauce
I made an early Thanksgiving meal today, and my daughter helped me in the kitchen with a few of the recipes–it was so much fun cooking with her! She prepared this spiced cranberry sauce recipe from MyRecipes all by herself. It was easy to make, smelled fantastic while it simmered, and tasted wonderful. The spices added a nice flavor to this sauce, which made it extra special. This easy homemade cranberry sauce recipe paired nicely with creamy garlic and parmesan mashed potatoes, green beans with bacon vinaigrette, spiced cranberry sauce, and dinner rolls.
Spiced Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients:
- 1½ cups sugar
- ¾ cup fresh orange juice, about 3 oranges
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- Dash of ground cloves, to taste
- 1 (12-oz) package fresh cranberries
- 1 tbsp grated orange zest
How to Make Spiced Cranberry Sauce
Remove the zest from the oranges and set aside.
Rinse the cranberries in a strainer.
Combine the sugar, orange juice, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and cranberries in a saucepan, then bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
Reduce the heat to low, then cook 10-12 minutes, or until cranberries pop.
Remove from heat; stir in zest.
Cool completely.
Serve chilled or at room temperature.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1½ cups sugar
- ¾ cup fresh orange juice about 3 oranges
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
- Dash of ground cloves
- 1 12-oz package fresh cranberries
- 1 tbsp grated orange zest
Instructions
- Remove the zest from the oranges and set aside.
- Rinse the cranberries in a strainer.
- Combine the sugar, orange juice, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, and cranberries in a saucepan, then bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Reduce the heat to low, then cook 10-12 minutes, or until cranberries pop.
- Remove from heat; stir in zest.
- Cool completely.
- Serve chilled or at room temperature.
This looks really good.
Delicious cranberry sauce, Pam!
I love the spices you used here Pam! Love this cranberry sauce. Delicious!
Sounds interesting.. thanks for sharing!!
Hi Pam,
I love cranberry sauce and yours is packed with perfumed spices and the colour so vibrant!
Cheers and hope you have a fantastic week,
Lia.
It sounds very interesting!
Kisses!
Your daughter did a very impressive job 🙂 Can’t wait to cook with my little girl in the future!!
Sounds good to me. Happy thanksgiving Diane
I rarely stray from my family’s favorite cranberry sauce….but I would love to make this for myself. And just eat it on some grilled cheese. 🙂
That is a great looking cranberry sauce.
This looks wonderful, Pam! Everyone should know how incredibly EASY it is to make your own cranberry sauce instead of slopping it out of the jar! Thanks for sharing this delicious, fresh recipe.
Nothing like homemade cranberry sauce. Getting ready to make mine for next week. Your recipe looks very appetizing.
Oh Pam I wish I could get into the thanksgiving cooking mode.
Is it wrong that I cannot?
How fun to cook with your daughter! She did a great job, this sauce looks fantastic! I love all the spices.
I love cranberry sauce. I love the spices that you added to this, so yummy. Your daughter did a great job!
Looks delicious and lovely!
this is soooo much better than that nasty jellied stuff that comes in a can. orange zest is a must!
Have to go shopping today for our REAL Thanksgiving. We did our practice one back in September when our daughter, her husband and baby were here. I like the idea of using this for our sauce.
I made this last night. OMG SOOOOOOOOO GOOOD!!!!!!!! A bit sweet, I’ll use a little less sugar next time (maybe take it down by 1/8 cup), and believe me, there WILL be a next time! I thought I had ground ginger, but it turns out I didn’t, so I added 1/8 tsp. of ground cardamom instead. Really Tasty, I’d eat this on anything! Why does Thanksgiving get to have all the good food??? LOL! Keep up the great work!
My friends loved it too! Even the one that ‘doesn’t like cranberry sauce’. I’m so going to make more! T/G or not!
Woohoo! My friends requested it again this year! NICE! 😀 I’ll make it with a bit less sugar and use cardamom again, since that is what they liked. Awesome recipe, Pam! THANK YOU!!!!!!