Cranberry Orange Sauce

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Description

This homemade cranberry orange sauce is quick and easy to make with just 4 simple ingredients: fresh cranberries, brown sugar, orange juice and cinnamon.

Ingredients

2 (12 ounce) packages cranberries
3/4 cup brown sugar
1 orange, zested and juiced
1 cinnamon stick, broken in half

Directions

1 Gather all ingredients.
2 Mix cranberries, brown sugar, orange juice, orange zest, and cinnamon stick together in a saucepan; bring to a boil.
3 Reduce heat and simmer until cranberries pop and sauce is thickened, about 15 minutes.
4 For best results, transfer cranberry sauce to a bowl and refrigerate until chilled, at least 1 hour.
5 Remove cinnamon stick from sauce and serve at room temperature.