Oranged Cranberry Sauce

This sauce has a very "robust" flavor that was too strong for some of our family - but I enjoyed it. My only warning is that you need to hold the cranberries down with your hand(s) or something else to determine when you've added enough water. I forgot that cranberries float and added too much before I realized they were floating which resulted in additional cooking time to get the extra liquid to evaporate.

Oh my goodness, this was incredible! I've never made cranberry sauce from scratch before... but no more canned stuff for me. This stuff was so good I almost felt like eating it like soup! Got rave review from my family, too, and was plenty for my crowd of 30 people! Thanks for sharing the recipe!

This was a hit on Thanksgiving, a nice change of pace. While I liked it , it was a bit tangy for me as I am not a big fan of citrus zest, but it had a great holiday flavor that my family loved. Make sure you taste throughout; you may want to add a little more brown sugar. And, also, I had forgotten that cranberries float...just add enough water until they would be covered if they didn't float. I don't think you can really mess up this really great recipe, so don't worry too much about that step. Also, it makes A LOT of sauce.

I'm giving this one star, simply because this is much too long to cook any cranberry sauce. Cranberries become bitter if they are cooked after they pop. I'm guessing that's why the recipe calls for twice as much sugar as any other recipe I've seen for cranberry sauce. One comment even stated they were planning to add more sugar next time! Save yourself the trouble, and simmer it for no more than 10 minutes after the berries pop. And add 1 cup of sugar instead!

This was my first time making cranberry sauce from scratch. This turned out fabulous! It ended up cooking for about 2 hours, but well worth it. Won't be buying that canned muck again...:)

My mother requested this recipe for Thanksgiving and after a first disasterous attempt in the crockpot (don't cook cranberries in the crockpot!!!!), it came out really well. My husband loved it as is, but my mom said she would have preferred it without the cinnamon. I'll be trying it again at Christmas without the cinnamon - overall 4 stars from everyone. Delicious and easy.

Delicious and a great alternative to canned cranberry sauce. My family was relieved to not see the can-shaped gelationous blob this year. Be careful how much water you put in it, and I like to only put in one cinnamon stick. Other than that, even the cranberry sauce haters went crazy for this recipe. The excess was used on rolls-- I even saw my grandfather put some on the ham.

I made this for Thanksgiving. Other reviews said it took about 3 hrs to thicken. It did; however, I think it wouldn't have taken so long if I hadn't lowered it so low. The recipe said "simmer" so to me, that means, low. On my stove I put it on "2," but at 3 hrs cooking it still wasn't thick, so I turned it to "5." It thickened almost immediately. Next time, I'm only lowering to "5" and I'll bet it doesn't take so long. It needed a little more sugar than listed as it was rather tart. Everyone liked it though and it was fun to make.

I've made this for thanksgiving several years in a row. It is delicious, but also super sweet and tangy. If I make it again this year, I'll probably scale back on the sugar. UPDATE: I made the following changes for thanksgiving 2011: omitted the water, slightly reduced the OJ, used about 1.5c brown sugar, and reduced the simmering time to about 20-25 minutes. SO MUCH BETTER! Because you're starting with less liquid, you don't have to let it cook for so long to thicken up. I think I could have reduced the brown sugar even further, so maybe that will be something to try next year.

I prepared this several years ago for Thanksgiving and everyone loved it. They ask me to prepare it now every year. You'll never buy cranberry sauce from a jar or can again.

I've been making this recipe for a long, long time. I never use canned. It is wonderful! But one year just before Thanksgiving, we ate at a dinner playhouse. The chef came out at the end and talked to some of us and everyone told him how much they loved his cranberry sauce. He told us his secret of making this recipe but adding a piece of dark chocolate to the berries as they are cooking. I tried it and it's as if eating something heavenly. Try it. Just a dark chocolate kiss or two along with the the orange...mmmmmmm!

I am used to eating canned cranberry sauce, so this was a real treat. The flavors cannot compare-so rich and warm, with a citrus zing! This recipe made a lot of sauce, but it was quite easy to prepare. I'll never go back to canned!

Great departure from the norm. This got very good reviews at Thanksgiving and I personally enjoyed it a lot. The flavors work well together.

Wow! Doesn't get any quicker or easier. 5 stars from me. This dish was a hit with everyone and will now become our new 'traditional' cranberry side dish. I didn't have oranges on hand so omitted the zest. The only orange juice I had on hand was orange/mango which I used. Absolutely delicious. This dish thickens the longer it cooks. Love it warm or chilled. Thanks so much for sharing!

This recipe is great! I've made it three years in a row and always have someone ask for the recipe. The only addition I make is a little cornstarch to thicken it up...5 Stars all the way!!

I just made this tonight in preparation for the big turkey day. Love it Love it! I have never made homemade cranberry sauce before. I had to step up to the learning curve quick with this recipe. I thought you had to cover it while bring it to a bringing it to a boil. Don't cover it- it ran on to my range top! Okay besides the mess I made, I did add a bit more brown sugar like the recipe and reviewers called for. It took 2 hours to thicken up. The whole downstairs smelled wonderful. It even brought the family downstairs because of the excellent aroma. Thanks for posting! Super recipe!

A huge hit at our Thanksgiving. I neglected to add water, and just boiled in the juice/brown sugar mixture and the result was FABULOUS! It set up very nicely. Was a very nice pot-pourri for my house too ;-)

best cranberry sauce I've had. I don't like to rate a recipe if I've altered it but this time I just used orange juice to cook the cranberries in and added Manderan oranges and it was great. The people that don't really care for cranberry sauce raved.

I make cranberry sauce quite often (it is one of my favorite snacks) and this one, by far, takes the cake! I reduced the brown sugar, using only 2/3 c. as I like a less sweet sauce. It got rave reviews at Thanksgiving this year and I will be making it several more times for the holidays to come!

This was very good! Perfect for dipping your chicken or turkey! Oh heck, it was so good I just ate it like dessert! hahaha! PERFECT!!!!!

Loved it! Very Easy to make! My suggestions: the more water the longer you need to simmer. So watch adding too much water. Next save 1/4 of berries in reserve until after you start to simmer then add. It adds to the chunkiness of the recipe. :-)

I've been using this recipe for several holidays now, but neglected to review it. It's a lovely sauce, perfect ratio of tart-to-sweet, and the citrus flavor is a great addition. I add a little splash of vanilla, because I think it adds a mellower note, and this year I used my immersion blender, then strained it, to satisfy the "canned" sauce fans in the family. They loved it!

I lost my cranberry recipe and this is it! This is as close as I can get and I am very happy!! I made this for Thanksgiving and no one noticed the difference. They LOVED it!! I used the left overs to make banana cranberry bread and cranberry sauce chicken, both found on this site. You can't go wrong here! Thank you so much!!

If I could give this 6 stars, I would. I loved making this, it made my whole house smell wonderful. I had never made cranberry sauce before, and this was so easy!

Wonderful. I did had some lemon juice and 1/2 rind of lemon to add more citrus flavor because I really love that.

This is a great recipe! I zested 1 1/2 oranges and juiced the oranges in lieu of the OJ. I also micro grated 1/4 fresh nutmeg and 1 teaspoon of ground ginger. I cooked this recipe about 1 1/2-1 3/4 hours. I completed this recipe a day ahead of time and it thickened nicely in the fridge. this is definitely a keeper!!!

I look forward to making this every year. It makes the kitchen smell absolutely heavenly! The only change I have ever made to this is to add just a little more sugar at the end. Sometimes cranberries are more tart than others, so just do a quick taste before cooling.

Great recipe! Now a family tradition every Thanksgiving. I make exactly as listed. Best to make a day ahead.

I didn't like this at all, and neither did anyone at the table! The cinnamon flavor was almost overpowering....the whole thing just tasted too strong.

For this Thanksgiving, I've made 3 different cranberry sauce recipes. This one is definitely the best! The cinnamon gives it a nice flavor. I let it thicken up quite a lot, and I think the thicker the better. Mine turned out a little too sweet, so I think next time I'll add a little bit less sugar. Otherwise, an excellent recipe!

Not a fan of Cranberry sauce. I wont touch the canned. But this was really delicious and so easy.

Very good cranberry sauce. I've been making my sauce with orange juice and zest for years, but the addition of the brown sugar and cinnamon really make this an unique sauce. I would probably omit the water second time around and only use the OJ for more of the orange flavor. Typically I only let my sauce cook for 15 minutes or so, like the previous review mentioned. This time I let it simmer for over an hour and it was very good, definitely increased the cinnamon flavor.

I made this for my family at Thanksgiving and they all loved it especially my sister who is very picky. Makes the turkey dinner just that much better.

I used about 1/3 less sugar than the recipe called for, and it turned out extremely sweet anyway. I think I may just use half next time. This was a wonderful recipe and I will be using it again and again. I also added ground cinnamon to the sticks of cinnamon.

Some of my guests really like this sauce. For myself I thought the cinnamon was too strong. My mistake most likely 'cuz I stored it overnight with the cinnamon sticks still in it.

I use this recipe every year for Thanksgiving!! It is sooo good!!

Have been making this for years and it's always a big hit. Will NEVER go back to the canned stuff. I usually let it simmer for longer to get a nice thick consistency.

This does make for a very interesting sauce. It was good but only in small quatites. I thought that is made way too much and I had about 10 for thanksgiving.

This recipe was definitely the highlight of my Thanksgiving. Anyone who has read my other reviews can probably guess--I used it for my first ever Thanksgiving, which happened to be in the UK with my British friends. We made this sauce the day before and it infused the house with an incredible smell all day long... really put us in a cooking mood. I have never tasted a cranberry sauce with such a perfect combination of flavours. It's easy to make and even easier to make an impression with (I know that sounds cheesy, but it's hard not to in these reviews). I will definitely make this sauce again.

This is a great Cranberry Sauce. I did use 1/2 tsp of Cinnamon instead of the Cinnamon Sticks. That worked just as well. I did only use about 1/2 of the orange zest. Yummy. Another family tradition!!

Absolutely loved this recipe. What a great alternative to the ho-hum canned cranberry sauce. I love to make my own cranberry sauce...it's so much better than the can shaped loaf. This was so tart and tasty and a great addition to my Thanksgiving table. A keeper in the recipe box.

Very good. I'm not a cranberry sauce fan but I like this one. My husband thought the cinnamon was a little much. Watch how much water you're adding or you'll end up having to cook it forever to get it thickened.

I thought that this was a beautiful recipe; however, I think it would have been perfect without the addition of cinnamon.

I am not a real big fan of cranberry sauce, but this is so good. I was eating it right out of the pan. I made it the day before Thanksgiving and I am glad because it took forever to cook. I read the other reviews before hand and I made sure to not add to much water. Even without a lot of water it still took a very long time to cook. It was definetly well worth the wait. Next time I may try not adding any water at all since the cranberrys added quite a bit of liquid by themselves.

Loved it and so did all of my picky extended family that don't usually care for cranberry sauce!

This is a very excellent homemade cranberry sauce. I do not normally like cranberry sauce, but will make an exception for this! This sauce also works well with about a half teaspoon of cinnamon in place of the sticks. My husband has requested this sauce every holiday since I first made it. He is very particular, so that is quite a compliment.

I'm not a good cook, but this sauce was so easy to make.. and it is sooooooo delicious.. last year thanksgiving everybody loved it and we had no sauce leftover!!! I served it in the halved oranges I used for the sauce and put one cinnamon stick it it.. looked fantastic... just like it tasted.. Thanks for sharing this one with us!!!!

Super flavorful, will definitely try and make again. Mine did not set up though. I think I maybe added too much water? I don't know. My first time making something like this. I had to strain it to remove some of the liquid. Still enjoyed it very much though and used the left over juice I strained off to heat and serve over waffles the next morning so it worked out great. :)

Start this one early on a holiday morning so it simmers on the back burner all day to "stink" up the house. Better than air freshner, and stews down to almost a gel. Also good to prepare a night or two ahead and let set in the fridge. Pretty in a small white casserole dish. Been using this recipe for two years now and love it.

This is my GO-TO cranberry sauce. It's so amazing and yummy!! I can eat it right out of the pot.

The combination of cranberries and orange is a great idea in this recipe. However, I made the sauce the day before Thanksgiving (luckily) and both my husband and I found the cinnamon overpowering. So I dumped the first batch, ran out to the grocery store, got some more ingredients and cooked the whole thing again with a fraction of the cinnamon this recipe calls for. I have to add: we both love cinnamon, but it was just too much. The second time around - much better!

Very good recipe and very easy to make. I cut the recipe in half because I didn't need that much sauce.

This recipe turned out really yummy and the color was beautiful. I think the orange zest made it a little too tart, so next time I will probably only use a small amount of zest, instead of zesting the whole orange.

Wonderfully easy recipe with tons of flavor. I used one 12 ounce package of cranberries and halved the rest of the recipe...it only took 20 minutes or so to thicken up. My husband loved it, and he is not a cranberry sauce fan.

Excellent! I just made this for Thanksgiving for tomorrow and it is asome!!! Thank you for sharing the recipe!

I make this recipe every year and it is always a winner. I adjust the sugar to taste depending on the sweetness of the orange juice and I save a bit of the zest for garnish. It's awesome and a very nice change from the canned cranberry sauce that used to go untouched on the table.

I thought this cranberry sauce was really yummy, but everyone else leaned toward the traditional sauce that I made. Fine with me...I had plenty leftover to eat myself!! :P Thanks!!

My family loved this recipe and my whole house smelled wonderful for days after!

This smelled great while cooking, but just didn't taste too great. I thought the cinnamon was too weird of a flavor (and I usually love cinnamon). No one touched it and it is still sitting in the fridge. It might taste good on something else, but it just doesn't work on turkey.

This sauce was incredible. I didn't know cranberries could taste soooo good. Will be making this again for Christmas.

I cooked this and a standard cranberry sauce with sugar and water. No one liked this one. Too spicy for us. Didn't really taste like cranberry at all. I guess we are a traditional sauce family.

This is very tasty, but I disagree with the author. You can TOO overcook this. I made this twice because the first time, the sauce really burned up and tasted blackened the whole way through. So the second time, I turned the heat way way down and watched it very closely. Within just one minute it started to burn. Thankfully I caught it fast enough to save it. I don't know what to do about the burning. Maybe I didn't add enough water, but it's hard to tell how much you need. You can't "cover" the cranberries because they float! Anyway, this was very good and I hope to perfect the method someday.

Very strongly flavoured, so this isn't a great recipe for cranberry sauce purists, but it tasted delicious. If you find it's too strongly flavoured for your taste, add some water to thin it out during the last few minutes of cooking.

Wonderful! My husband made this for Thanksgiving. It was very tasty served with turkey and on it’s own. We will definitely make it again next year for Thanksgiving… and I’m sure a few times in between. Thanks, Barbara, for a great recipe!

Fantastic, but needs a little more sugar. I love it!

not very good at all. for the trouble, expense and overall flavor, I'd still stick with ocean spray canned.

I LOVED this and so did everyone else at the Thanksgiving table. This was so simple. I threw everything in the pot and let it simmer. I didn't turn mine down real low (probably to about medium) so it was still a little bubbly while simmering and it thickened up nicely in about an hour. We like our cranberries a little tart so I didn't add any extra sugar. I will definitely make this again. The house smelled soooo good.

This wan wonderful! I think it was gone, since I could'nt find any later on that evening to take home from my moms. I will use this every year. Thanks

just an average relish

This recipe beat a ginger cranberry sauce recipe in our family's New Tradition Cranberry Sauce Contest of 2005*. It was a close competition. Since winning, this recipe has been served every year. * With a tradition of no cranberry sauce, the contest was created when a new family member requested cranberry sauce. Canned would not do. So, I made two sauces, everyone loved this one most, and it is now part of the traditions. -- TIP: Also part of the new tradition, this sauce is great stirred into oatmeal the morning after the big day!

Can't have a Thanksgiving or Christmas now without making this. It is SO good. Much prefer the brown sugar in this recipe vs. white sugar in others. Cinnamon is essential also. We also add a shot of Grand Marnier (orange cognac).

I have made this recipe every Thanksgiving and Christmas for 5 years now, and it is always a hit. I make no changes. It is easy and perfect every time.

I followed this recipe and WOW!! This was the best cranberry sauce recipe, everyone raved about it. It does make a large serving, but I used my leftovers on a roasted pork loin..YUMMY!!!

My 12-year-old made this for Thanksgiving and it was a hit! It is the consistency of applesause which was a little different on our Thanksgiving table. We will definitely be using this recipe again.

wonderful aroma, fills the house with the smells. taste great. the orange taste comes through. didnt last long at my house. love making thanskgiving meals althrough the year and again on thanksgiving.

This is the bomb! I did change it just a bit. The orange that I had zested I finished peeling it then diced it up into the mix. I didn't have any cinnamon sticks so I substituted ground cinnamon. and even after an hour and half it still wasn't as thick as I thought it should be so I added a couple hands full of dried cranberries to it. Let it simmer for about 10 more minutes and it was perfect! This is a really good recipe that I will use again and again!

i made this cranberry sauce for thanksgiving, and it was a hit. it was so much better than canned. it was even better after chilling in the fridge for a couple days.

Made a few times and loved it every time

This dish was soooo good, no more canned cranberry sauce for this family. There was not enough sauce left to take a photo.

I have never made my own cranberry sauce, so this year for Thanksgiving I tried this one. Needless to say it was a huge hit!!

Prepared as written (halved) - outstanding.

Had this for Thanksgiving this year. I loved it and even got some people who "hate" cranberries to try it. Everyone said it was great. They didn't know it was cranberry sauce until I told them. Will deffinatly be making again

Finally, the Perfect cranberry sauce. Not too sweet or bitter. Texture was perfect, made a good presentation in a glass bowl. Not too many ingredients either. I used frozen OJ, made the Frozen OJ per instructions then added the 1 cup OJ to recipe. Had leftover O.J to mix with my Mixed drinks after dinner!

The best cranberry sauce I ever had!

Tasty version. I made the following adjustments for my taste: added 1/2-3/4 cup fresh pomegrante seads and 1/2 c chopped pecans to the mixture after removing from heat. Also substituted one cup of water for oj since the added sugar already sweetens it enough.

Great taste-loved the recipe. But was confused on how to add enough water to cover a pot of cranberries. They float-right?

I am not a big fan of Cranberry sauce...BUT, this recipe has me hooked. I have made this every Thanksgiving and Christmas for the last three years. Everyone loved. It is now my responsibility to make Cranberry Sauce for the holidays....and every day!

Made a great addition to the turkey. Yummy.

This is so good. I have made this my Thanksgiving tradition and always get complimented. I halved everything and it was so wonderful!

Good recipe! Family was amazed you could actually make cranberry sauce from scratch. I'm all for home cooked food, but I did find resistance from others when trying to get them to eat cranberry sauce that wasn't from a can.

I always thought it would be too much work to make my own cranberry sauce, so I just bought the canned. This year, however, I was adventurous and decided to make it form scratch. Thank goodness I did. This sauce was so EASY to make and absolutely divine! I will never buy canned again!

I followed the recipe exactly and it came out just right. The zest gives you little burst of citrus throughout while the cinnnamon gives it warmth. It wasnt to tart or to sweet.

This is a great recipe. It gets lots of compliments. I love the combination of cranberries, orange and cinnamon. For this recipe, I left out the zest simply because I don't like it. With respect to the sugar, I would start with half the amount, then slowly add more. I usually end up with about 3/4 the amount suggested. I also don't simmer the sauce very long. I just let the liquid reduce a bit after the cranberries pop. It is so good it can be eaten by itself.

This is awesome!! I am not a fan of cranberry sauce. I only made it for a party and much to my surprise, I kept on coming back for more! I am gonna make this again for a Christmas party in a few weeks. So good and it makes alot. Two things: after reading reviews, I used only 2 sticks of cinnamon. It was perfect. The other thing was that the fresh cranberries were in an 8oz bag, but I followed the same amount of ingredients and it came out perfect. No need for extra sugar.

So DELICIOUS!!! I did have to simmer for closer to 2 hours,but I think that's because you don't need to add the full 2 cups of water (hold the cranberries down with your hand while pouring the water so that you can really see how much you need). It was so heavenly...It's now the cranberry sauce of my family's thanksgiving and christmas dinners :)

Yeah, so I added too much water. Next time I'll hold down the cranberries to make sure I don't add too much. I had to boil it for over 2 hours and then it still didn't seem very gelled - but by the next day it was better. The taste is fantastic!

I love this recipe! I've been making it for a few years now. I love the blend of tart cranberries, the citrus, and the cinnamon. It makes the house smell great too.

This was one of the first recipes I found on AR and I've made it ever since. I've always used light brown sugar, but yesterday made it with dark brown sugar and it was excellent. Aways use ground cinnamon in this sauce, just adding to taste.

Excellent. No changes need to be made.