Cranberry Sauce

Posted on by September 15, 2013

Cranberry Sauce

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Serves Makes about 1 cup
Inspiration Ocean Spray Cranberries

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 cup white sugar
  • 1 1/2 Cups fresh or frozen whole cranberries

Directions

Mix water and sugar in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil; stir to dissolve sugar.
Cranberry Sauce - sugar/water mixture
Wash and rinse the cranberries before using. Add the cranberries to the water/sugar mixture. Return to a boil. The cranberries will begin to pop (the skins bursting)
Cranberry Sauce - add cranberries to sugar/water mixture
Reduce heat; boil gently for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Cranberry Sauce - starting to sauce
In the last few minutes, the cranberries will be "jam" like.
Cranberry Sauce
Cool completely at room temperature and refrigerate. This recipe uses 1/2 of the normal size bag of cranberries. Put a tie tag around the remaining berries in the bag and freeze to use another day.