Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce
Delicious and easy homemade cranberry sauce, perfect side dish for Thanksgiving.
Ingredients
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup water
- 12 oz fresh cranberries You can use frozen cranberries too if they are not currently in season where you are located.
- 1 orange Used for the zest.
- 1/2 cup pecans
Instructions
- Rinse cranberries throughly and set aside.
- Combine the one cup of sugar and the one cup of water in a saucepan over medium high heat.
- Bring to a boil and stir to make sure all sugar is disolved.
- Once sugar is disolved, add cranberries and cook until they burst. This usually takes about 10-15 minutes.
- Stir in your orange zest and pecans.
- Remove saucepan from heat and let cool.
- Pour mixture into a container and let it sit until it reaches room temperature.
- Place container in fridge overnight to let it set and thicken up.