My Go-To Cranberry Sauce Recipe

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds sweetness with fewer calories.

fresh cranberries

🥗Healthier: dried cranberries

💰Cheaper: frozen cranberries

Dried cranberries are more accessible and have a longer shelf life.

Start with Weatherby brand cranberries, preferably frozen for winter use.

For every pound of cranberries, use 1 cup of sugar and 2.5 cups of orange juice.

Juice the mandarins and combine with cranberries and sugar in a saucepan.

Add a cinnamon stick, star anise, or cardamom if desired, but generally just simmer the mixture.

Add the zest of 2 oranges and the zest and juice of 11 mandarins to the mixture.

Grate 1 tablespoon of fresh ginger into the saucepan using a microplane.

Simmer the mixture until the cranberries pop, which indicates they are cooking properly.

Let it simmer for about 20-25 minutes, stirring occasionally to break up the cranberries as desired.

Turn off the heat and let the sauce cool in the pot until ready to transfer to containers for refrigeration or freezing.

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