Holiday Cranberry Apple Sauce
I know, I know . . . Thanksgiving has already passed so most of you are done with cranberry sauce. But if you eat turkey for Christmas dinner, like my family does, this recipe is just in time. Or, add extra apples and this becomes more of an applesauce recipe.
1 cup Sugar
12 oz Cranberries
Zest & Juice of 1 Orange
1 cup fresh pressed Apple Juice
1 large Apple (I use Honeycrisp)
Wash and inspect your cranberries (sometimes you’ll find funky berries hiding in there). Chop apple, you can peel or not, I leave the peel on. Zest and juice your orange. Then just dump all the ingredients into a pot and begin cooking on medium heat, stirring occasionally. Once the sauce begins to boil and the cranberries burst decrease heat. Continue to stir and cook until the sauce has thickened, about twenty minutes. Be aware that the sauce will become a little thicker once it has cooled. This recipe makes approximately five cups of cranberry sauce.
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Holiday Cranberry Apple Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 cup Sugar
- 12 oz Cranberries
- Zest & Juice of 1 Orange
- 1 cup fresh pressed Apple Juice
- 1 large Apple
Instructions
- Wash and inspect your cranberries (sometimes you’ll find funky berries hiding in there). Chop apple, you can peel or not, I leave the peel on. Zest and juice your orange. Then just dump all the ingredients into a pot and begin cooking on medium heat, stirring occasionally. Once the sauce begins to boil and the cranberries burst decrease heat. Continue to stir and cook until the sauce has thickened, about twenty minutes. Be aware that the sauce will become a little thicker once it has cooled. This recipe makes approximately five cups of cranberry sauce.
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I am trying this out for our feast this year!
I hope you love it! Happy Thanksgiving 🙂
Same to you! 🙂
This might seem like a silly question, but how does this taste the next day? I was thinking about making it tonight to save time for tomorrow, but I wasn’t sure if the flavor would be the same.
I’m sorry Corky, I just saw this comment. The cranberry sauce is actually better the next day, in my opinion. Happy Thanksgiving 😀