Cranberry Orange Sauce

I never enjoyed canned cranberry sauce growing up. The first time I remember enjoying cranberry sauce was at my husband’s aunt’s house. She complained that her husband made her buy Trader Joe’s Cranberry-Orange Sauce and after one bite I had to defend her husband’s decision. Last year, I used a cranberry sauce recipe that used orange juice that I discovered on Elsa’s Cooking Diary. This year when I went to make Elsa’s recipe I started tinkering because I cannot help myself. Fortunately my experimenting yielded a flavorful Cranberry-Orange Sauce.

The cranberries right before they pop. If you haven’t cooked cranberries before, I should warn you that they “pop” when they are boiled. Their little exposions mean that you don’t have to do any work smashing them later to create the sauce.

Cranberry Orange Sauce

Inspired by: Cranberry Sauce from Elsa’s Cooking Diary

Ingredients:

12 ounces cranberries
1 cup orange juice
zest of one orange
3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup honey
1 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon

Directions:

Add all of the ingredients to a medium stockpot. Cook, while stirring over medium heat until the sugar dissolves.

Once the sugar dissolves bring the mixture to a boil. Lower the heat and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Pour into a bowl and refrigerate to cool. Serve chilled.

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