Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce

5 from 1 vote

This is the ultimate healthy homemade cranberry sauce with mandarin oranges. It’s fresh, easy, and can be made sugar-free for the perfect holiday side.

Prep Time5

Cook Time15

Total Time20

Course: Sides

Cuisine: American

Keyword: cranberry sauce, cranberry sauce recipe, easy homemade cranberry sauce, homemade cranberry sauce, low sugar cranberry sauce

Servings: servings

Author: Shawna Clark

Ingredients

12 ounces fresh cranberries
11 ounces no sugar added mandarin oranges
1/8 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup water
1 teaspoon cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice
1 - 1 ½ teaspoons orange zest
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 - 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1:1 sugar-free sweetener, or sweetener of choice

Instructions

Zest the orange. Then, drain the no sugar added mandarin oranges.
Add the fresh cranberries, drained mandarin oranges, salt, water, cinnamon or pumpkin pie spice, orange zest, vanilla extract, and sweetener of choice to a saucepan.
Let the ingredients simmer in the saucepan over low heat for 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally. After that, the cranberries will start to crack. Mash them with a potato masher until the desired consistency is achieved or leave them whole. Let the sauce simmer for 3-5 more minutes.
Let the sauce cool at room temperature or place it in the refrigerator before serving. We like to refrigerate the sauce overnight.

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Notes

Storage: Store leftover cranberry sauce in an airtight container in the fridge for 5-7 days.
Freeze: You can freeze leftover cranberry sauce for up to 3 months.

This recipe makes about 1 ½ cups of cranberry sauce.

WW Points: 0 points per serving if you use a sugar-free sweetener

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