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Easy 3 Ingredient Homemade Cranberry Sauce

This recipe for homemade cranberry sauce is so easy and delicious, and can be used on so many different things.
Course Side Dish
Cuisine American
Keyword cranberry sauce, sauce, spread
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Servings 2 cups
Cost 5

Ingredients

  • 18 ounces fresh cranberries
  • 1 cup sugar
  • zest 1 orange

Instructions

  • Rinse cranberries and discard any damaged ones.
  • Lay cranberries out flat on a baking sheet.
  • Cover berries with 1 cup sugar.
  • Bake at 350 degrees.
  • In 10-15 minutes the berries will begin to pop. You will want to gently stir them and incorporate the sugar.
  • Spread the mixture back out and continue to cook.
  • Stir about every 5 minutes until the berries are very soft and have all popped open. This usually takes about 20 minutes total.
  • Take them out of the oven and add grated orange zest to cranberry mixture and stir together.
  • Let cool, then store in airtight container in refrigerator.