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The Best Homemade Cranberry Sauce

The Best Homemade Cranberry Sauce

Krysta
This is our go-to recipe for homemade cranberry sauce. It's simple (just five ingredients!), is lightly sweet without being too sugary and has just the right amount of zesty flavor from orange peel. Plus, it's so easy--it goes from stove to table in just 20 minutes!
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Additional time: 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Sauce
Servings 16
Calories 34 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 (12 ounce) bag fresh cranberries
  • 1 cup water
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 2 1- by-4-inch strips orange peel
  • Pinch of kosher salt

Instructions
 

  • Place cranberries, water, sugar, orange peel and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer and cook, stirring often, until most of the cranberries have burst, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove the orange peel. Serve at room temperature or chilled.

Notes

To make ahead:
Refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.