As always, I think all the food at Thanksgiving should be home cooked from scratch. A little biased there, my family makes a killer dinner. Reality check says many people don’t have the time or don’t know how. So my thought is, you probably just never knew how EASY it is to make your own sauce. Alright, some people love the jelly in a can, but I just don’t think your jello should be in the shape of a can.
Now I know I’m a little late for Thanksgiving, but I guarantee this is good other times like Christmas or any other time you make turkey. Turkey sandwiches are lovely with a good spoonful of cranberry sauce!
Try this easy recipe, and be proud that you did it your self! A little extra can go a long way, and people don’t have to know it only took you 15 minutes!
Ingredients:
- One bag of fresh cranberries-you find these in the produce section this time of year. If you like them and want them for throughout the year(like me) buy a bunch and put them in the freezer. They last so well you will never notice they were frozen.
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 2 round slices of orange (I always scrub when I am going to use the peel so it’s really clean)
Ok. Put all ingredients in a saucepan and cook on medium heat until cranberries pop and it’s sauce. Remove orange slices. If you want jelly, strain through a sieve of some kind, I prefer it will the pieces in it. Chill for a couple hours (I make this the day before, one less thing for the day of). And that’s it. Seriously. It’s that easy.
Put it all in the saucepan-pretty pretty!
Simmer to saucy texture, until the cranberries pop!
Remove the pretty orange slices!
