Homemade Cranberry Sauce

Name: Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 2-3 cups
Ingredients: 12 ounces cranberries; 3/4-1 cup sugar; 1 lemon, juice of; 1/4 cup orange juice; water, to cover; 1 -2 tablespoon cornstarch

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Recipe by Mark H.

A tasty cranberry sauce that beats the heck out of the canned stuff, although you may miss that suction sound those jellied logs make as they leave the can. Cooking time includes 30 minutes cooking, 30 minutes cooling.

READY IN: 1hr 10mins

YIELD: 2-3 cups

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

12

ounces cranberries
³⁄₄ - 1

cup sugar
1

lemon, juice of
¹⁄₄

cup orange juice
water, to cover
1 -2

tablespoon cornstarch

DIRECTIONS

Place cranberries, sugar, lemon juice, and orange juice in a small sauce pan.
Add enough water to cover cranberries.
Bring to boil, then simmer for about 30 minutes or until cranberries have split open.
Dissolve 1 to 2 tablespoons of cornstarch (depending on desired consistency of cranberry sauce) in an equal amount of cold water.
Stir cornstarch paste into cranberries to thicken, then remove from heat and allow to cool about 20-30 minutes.