How to Make Cranberry Sauce or Jam Without Sugar

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.

Add cranberries, orange zest, orange juice, water, and maple syrup to a small pot over high heat.

Cook over high heat until it boils, then lower the heat to low.

Stir from time to time.

Cranberries will start to get tender and burst open.

Begin to mash them with a potato masher.

The sauce will become thick as it cooks.

You can use a hand blender if you prefer a very smooth texture.

Let it cool; it will thicken more as it cools.

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