Sure you can buy cranberry sauce in a can, but this homemade cranberry sauce is so delicious and easy to make, you’ll never buy that canned stuff again.  I started making my own cranberry sauce a few years ago. This time of year I keep a container in the fridge to use even after Thanksgiving. It tastes great on a turkey sandwich, a bagel, or anywhere you may use a strawberry jam.

Use fresh cranberries, no point in the frozen stuff.

This is also a great recipe to make day or even days before.  It tastes better the next day.

Enjoy!

Ingredients

• 1 bag of fresh cranberries (don’t use the frozen stuff)
• 1 cup Cranberry Juice
• 1 cup raw or brown sugar
• 1/4 cup of orange Juice
• Orange zest and orange peels
• Half a Red Delicious apple chopped up (optional)
• Splash of Fireball Cinnamon Whiskey (optional and more if you want more Cinnamon flavor)

Directions

1. Rinse cranberries well. Pour cranberries, sugar, juice, and orange zest and peel into a medium sauce pan.
2. Bring to a boil. Cranberries will start to pop so be careful. Reduce heat to medium.  Stir.
3. Lightly mash the cranberries; allow them to stay lumpy.
4. Simmer for about 5 minutes and continue to stir.
5. Allow to cool. Remove orange peels. Then mix around some more.