Cranberry Sauce with Orange Juice

  4.7 – 890 reviews  • Cranberry Sauce Recipes

My family’s favorite recipe is this one. It’s simple to make, spicy and sweet.

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 15 mins
Total Time: 20 mins
Servings: 12

Ingredients

  1. 1 cup white sugar
  2. 1 cup orange juice
  3. 1 (12 ounce) package fresh cranberries

Instructions

  1. Combine sugar and orange juice in a medium saucepan over medium heat; stir until sugar is dissolved. Mix in cranberries; cook, stirring occasionally, until cranberries start to pop, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a bowl; sauce will thicken as it cools.

Reviews

Andrea Carpenter
Love this! I make a big batch, freeze some&share some with my girlfriend. Only change I made was adding grated orange peel.
Patricia Harris
Excellent recipe! Thank you for sharing
Melanie Garcia
I personally love this recipe. I used it last year, but instead of using regular orange juice, I recommend using sunny D and a splash of lemon juice.
Marissa Palmer
Made this today – slight alteration of the recipe but same ingredients. Made 2 12 ounce bags of cranberries, 1 1/2 cups of sugar and only half a cup of OJ for the entire thing and turned out perfect.
Mckenzie Johnson
I l9ve this recipe. I’ve been making it for years. I add one drop of doTerra On Guard essential oil for flavoring
Mary Mcdonald
Excellent recipe! The only thing I altered based on other reviews: 1/4 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup orange juice, 1/4 tspn cinnamon n nutmeg with 12oz bag of fresh cranberries. Cooked the sugar n oj together on a med heat for about 6 mins; added the cranberries; allowed them to do their magic for about 10-12 mins with the occasional stir; mashed up towards the end with a potato masher….then added the spices and lowered the temp to a low for another 6 mins. The sauce jelly’d up very, very nicely, the sweetness was at my right level with just a hint of tartness as well as a hint of nutmeg n cinnamon.
David Cole
I have been making this cranberry recipe for at least 10 years. It’s simple, easy on the wallet, and tastes heavenly (coming from someone who NEVER ate the cranberries at Thanksgiving dinner). Oh, and it freezes well too.
Daniel Jones
Perfect basic recipe. If yours isn’t setting it’s because you didn’t cook it long enough. Mine takes at least 20 minutes to thicken. I canned enough last year to have this year. It’s solid in the jar.
Elizabeth Butler
Personally I think this is too much sugar given the sugar from the orange juice, but your mileage may vary depending on how much you really want to drown out the tartness. For me 3/4c of sugar is about right here, and of course I added some cinnamon.
Gregory Mills
Great flavour! I made half of the recipe and it jelled up beautifully.
Michael Shaw
This recipe with Craisins is sadness sauce Not sour enough for me, and I didn’t add sugar and added a tbs vinegar
Stephanie Weber
To Sweet they neglect to say to boil the sugar water and orange juice prior to heading in The Cranberries horrible recipe would not make it again
Jamie Anderson
Cooked it about 20mins
Daniel Roberson
I use 1/2 cup of white sugar and 1/2 cup of brown sugar and a couple pinches of cinnamon as well.
Jennifer Price
This is incredibly easy to make, and I have been using this recipe for years. I do make some adjustments though. I use dark brown sugar instead of white and I add about a teaspoon (maybe a little more) of cinnamon and about a quarter teaspoon of nutmeg to it, which make great additions to the cranberries.
Rachel Lewis
Simply delicious!! Made this a few years in a row now, and it never disappoints! I’ve never been a fan of canned cranberry sauce…give me the fresh stuff! Yum!! 🙂
Betty Parker
I make this recipe every year… it is a family favorite. In-laws say it’s the best they’ve ever had. I use half brown sugar and half white, like a lot of reviews suggest. I use all orange juice, no water, and a pinch of cinnamon. It’s devine! Perfect compliment to Chef John’s roast turkey!
Brian Jackson
Lovely recipe! So yummy! Thank you for this! I make this every year at Thanksgiving. I use about 3/4 cup orange juice. 1/4 cup water. 1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup white. Dash of cinnamon. It’s good to go in a pretty jar! Awesome on sandwiches as well as bread.
Donald Hays
This recipe couldn’t be any easier. I make it every year for Thanksgiving and it’s always a favorite!
Audrey Henson
Super easy and tasty!
Dorothy Moss
I have made this twice and my family raves about it. So much better than canned – though its not Thanksgiving without the ridges from the can on the sauce for some. I do use some squeezed orange juice in addition to the juice from the carton. I also add zest to the top when serving. Nice presentation

 

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