Holiday Cooking & Baking Recipes: Easy Thanksgiving Cranberry Sauce Recipe

sugar

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: brown sugar

Honey adds sweetness with a unique flavor, while brown sugar is often less expensive.

fresh cranberries

🥗Healthier: frozen cranberries

💰Cheaper: dried cranberries

Frozen cranberries are available year-round, while dried cranberries are a sweeter option.

Start with about 1.5 cups of fresh cranberries and rinse them.

Add 0.5 cups of water to the cranberries in a saucepan.

Add 0.25 cups of sugar to the saucepan.

Bring the mixture to a boil and cook until the cranberries pop.

Taste the mixture and adjust the sugar to about 0.33 cups if needed for sweetness.

While the cranberries are cooking, chop about 0.5 cups of pecans.

In a separate bowl, cream 8 ounces of cream cheese with 0.33 cups of mayonnaise.

Add orange zest to the cream cheese mixture.

Stir in the chopped pecans into the cream cheese mixture.

Once the cranberries have thickened, let them cool for a few minutes.

Combine the cooked cranberries with a can of jelly cranberry sauce.

Layer the mixture in a serving dish, alternating between the fresh cranberry mixture and the jelly.

Top with any remaining cranberry sauce and garnish as desired.

Cooking Techniques

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