Cranberry Sauce with Apricots, Raisins, and Orange

  4.9 – 41 reviews  • Cranberry Sauce Recipes

With just three ingredients, you can whip up this easy sponge cake in no time. Why not give it a try?

Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Additional Time: 8 hrs
Total Time: 8 hrs 25 mins
Servings: 24
Yield: 24 servings

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup orange juice
  2. 1 cup water
  3. 4 cups fresh cranberries
  4. ¾ cup sugar
  5. 1 cup chopped dried apricots
  6. 1 cup golden raisins
  7. 1 tablespoon grated orange zest

Instructions

  1. In a large saucepan over medium heat, mix the orange juice, water, cranberries, sugar, apricots, raisins, and orange zest. Stir constantly until sugar has dissolved, about 5 minutes. Bring to a boil, and cook 10 minutes, or until cranberries have burst. Remove from heat, and chill at least 8 hours, or overnight, before serving cold.

Reviews

Jessica Marquez
Loved this sauce but next time I may add a little ginger.
Christine Serrano PhD
Family loved it… chopped apricots a little larger, measured generously for apricots and raisins. Gelled more overnight, better the second day
Amber Barnes
This is a fantastic recipe! I made it just as is with no substitutions it was awesome!
Brittney Roberts
Family favorite. Can taste all the flavors and not to sweet.
Debra Fuller
I love pecans with all this sweetness, so I added 1 cup. Delicious!
Eileen Jones
So easy to bake and so delicious. I added dried cranberries instead or apricots.
Mark Mcmillan
Our daughter in law makes this and we love it. Gonna miss them this year and making this will make us smile anyway. Happy Thanksgiving to Gunny Carol
Charlotte Miller
I substituted clementines for the orange juice and zest, and I replaced some of the water for cooking with the apple cider I had on hand. Sorry to say I didn’t measure everything exactly. I had a 12 oz. bag of cranberries, so I may have used a little less sugar than what the recipe called for.
Joseph Anderson
It is a good receipe. I used orange liqueur in place of orange juice. The taste was amazing.
Linda Nelson
The best! never liked the jelly sauce but this is a real treat. I use a little less sugar and add a couple cinnamon sticks in the cooking process and WOW.
Jessica Spencer
This was absolutely awesome!!
Amy Jones
Always easy and outstanding. This is our go-to for the holidays. I also add about two teaspoons of minced crystalized ginger when the mood strikes. Our grocery store sells pre-packaged bags of fresh cranberries that are 3 cups in size. If yours does the same, simply reduce the serving size of this recipe to 18. Use good quality orange juice to reduce the bitter taste. Love this – So good!
Aaron Buchanan
this is a Christmas menu must for us! Easy to make and so delicious! We give some away to friends and neighbors and keep another batch for ourselves.
Melissa Mccarthy
This was very good and easy to make. Super tasty!
Steven Valentine
This is my third year using this recipe for my family’s Thanksgiving feast. I’ve reduced the sugar to 2/3 cup for a less sweet/more tart taste, but other than that it’s perfect! I wouldn’t think of showing up to my sister’s house on Thanksgiving without it!
Timothy Williams
Perfect combination of tart and sweet
Travis Gray
Needs a bit more (brown) sugar and add some ground ginger for a bit of spice and it’s perfect
Kristen Maxwell
Exactly what I was looking for. Excellent with the Thanksgiving turkey. Makes for a nice “chutney” with pork and I LOVE it with ham !
Brenda Osborne
Loved this! I’m always looking for something a bit different when it comes to “cranberry sauce” and this one filled the bill. It made enough that I was able to make a “cranberry chicken” dish with it as well. Use your imagination or maybe I’ll submit it here!!
Carlos Garcia
Amazing recipe family loved it and actually took it home in plastic cups, lol
Zachary Colon
Absolutely delicious! Made it yesterday for Thanksgiving – might need to make another batch – can’t keep away from it!

 

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