Basic Cranberry Sauce
"I was watching a cooking show one day and this recipe caught my eye because it was just too simple. I love having cranberry sauce with my dressing during Thanksgiving and thought it would be a nice change of pace from the old can version."
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- Ready In:
- 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
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4-6
ingredients
- 3⁄4 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 (12 ounce) bag cranberries (fresh or frozen, If you use frozen berries do not defrost them. Rinse them and add about 2 minutes t)
directions
- Bring water, sugar and salt to a rapid boil in a medium nonreactive saucepan over high heat.
- Stir occasionally to dissolve the sugar.
- Stir in your cranberries and return to a boil.
- Reduce your heat to medium and simmer until saucy and slightly thickened and about 2/3 of your berries have popped open-- about 5 minutes.
- Place in a bowl and cool at room temperature.
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Reviews
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I made as written only subbing out Splenda for sugar for health reasons. This reminds me of the cranberry sauce my grandma used to make. Made for a Cook-A-Thon in memory of Jeanette. -
I made this for Thanksgiving and it was so easy and good. I definitely had to add more sugar though because it was quite tart at first. -
I have made this as written and with changes. My favorite change is to use apple juice instead of water, add a dash of cinnamon and 1 cup of cool whip (just before putting in a bowl to cool.) Either way this is a great recipe thanks for sharing! -
This is the only way I have made my sauce for years.....with the exception of the salt...but in the last couple of years I have thrown in 1/2 an orange to jazz up the flavour a bit. But you can't go wrong with the basics !
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Normally I enjoy a more "loaded with ingredients sauce, but today I wanted a "plain" cranberry sauce to go with some stuffing for a sandwich. This fit the bill. Couldn't be any easier and it really hit the spot. Thanks Jeanette. Roxygirl
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I have made this as written and with changes. My favorite change is to use apple juice instead of water, add a dash of cinnamon and 1 cup of cool whip (just before putting in a bowl to cool.) Either way this is a great recipe thanks for sharing!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Jeanette G
Humble, Texas
My name is Jeanette and I was born and raised in Houston, Texas! I came across this website one day while doing a search on the computer for a really good salisbury steak recipe (which came out great...thanks to recipe# 23811) Since then, I make it a daily routine to log into Recipezaar at least 2 or 3 times a day. I feel like I've viewed every recipe in here but to my amazement I always find myself printing a recipe that I must have overlooked. My Recipezaar collection of recipes has gotten so big that I had to make a special binder just to keep track of all the new recipes that I have printed out. I love trying out new recipes on my husband and to tell you the truth he doesn't mind at all...what a good husband! For a while there it felt like I was cooking the same thing over and over each week. Not anymore though...thanks to all of you and Recipezaar :)
