This homemade cranberry sauce is so easy to make. It takes 20 minutes and has the perfect sweet and tart balance with the help of Granny Smith apples and fresh cranberries.
A side dish that actually tastes like dessert? Done. Made. Eaten.
I had never made homemade cranberry sauce before. That seemed like a task for real divas. I quietly ate the canned stuff without complaint. What kind of snob am I for admitting I didn’t mind eating that slimy red stuff with the can engravings still on it? Hey, it’s tradition.
This is a recipe I tore out from Cooking Light magazine years ago. I have no idea what year it’s from but I’m so happy I saved it. It was embarrassingly easy.
It has kind of a chunky relish consistency and is blended with your favorite fall spices. The perfect blend of sweet and tart. Yum! I love making this recipe is listening to the cranberries pop while the aroma of the fall spices fill up the kitchen.
Serve it with turkey, chicken, cold cuts, cheese, salads, and – let us not forget the most important meal of the day – dessert! I wonder how it would taste with ice cream?
PrintCranberry Apple Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups chopped and peeled Granny Smith apple (keep size of apple chunks on the small side)
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup plus 3 tablespoons white grape juice
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 (12 oz) package fresh cranberries
Instructions
- In medium saucepan, combine all ingredients and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, for approximately 15 minutes or until thick. Stir occasionally.
- Cool sauce completely and feel super cool for upgrading from the canned stuff.
Notes
This sauce can be made 1-2 days ahead and stored in the refrigerator.
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Snob In The City – Christmas in New York
I made this recipe in December (2015) for our quilt group and it was great! So EASY and the cranberries popped ever so nicely. I have never been a “fan” of the lump of cranberries out of the can, on a plate, so this was a perfect recipe to try! It was so good!!!!
I am so excited to try this because I am hoping to put it inside of my crescent wrapped Brie cheese I making! Do the cranberries soften easily???
Yes, by the time the 15 minutes are up they should have all popped open. It’s more like a relish consistency rather than a sauce. It’s a chunky sauce 🙂 However, I made this yesterday and I used frozen cranberries that I thought I had thawed all the way (turns out they hadn’t thawed) so some of the cranberries didn’t pop. Just make sure the are completely thawed first, or use cranberries that have never been frozen.
I’d love to hear how it turns out with that amazing crescent wrapped brie cheese. Sounds so good!
Nice recipe! Those photos are to DIE for … perfectly placed cranberries – oooh la la!
Thanks! lol “perfectly placed”. I swear, I just tossed them on the table!
This just looks fresh and delicious!. Your
pictures are so good and they make it
a “must try”!!!!!
You should try this, this year! Even if you end up out of town for Thanksgiving.