Time for cranberries

I have never in my life made cranberry sauce, and I make almost everything from scratch. For one thing, it's more expensive to buy the berries here than to buy sauce already made. I might try it this year, though!

Sounds yummy! My mom makes hers this way, but without the spirits. It wouldn't seem like Thanksgiving without it, but I also tend to eat cranberry sauce at other time throughout the winter months, too. Karen

my kids and i also love the cranberry sauce but we often buy itfrom the market.cranberry is not found in plenty in our state and whatever little is found is very costly,so making the sauce at home is not a viable option...

The one I am assigned to bring does not even have the orange zest or orange juice, though I have done that. I have also put diced apples and a little cinnamon in my cranberries. I am supposed to make it just like mom, sugar, water, boil it, put in cranberries, let boil for ten minutes, cool and store.

Hi savypat,it's a very good tips for making cranberry sauce.But the fruit is rare in our country. I wish I could be in your dining table. Thanks.

Hi savypat I just got done making cranberry sauce too..I have a 10 minute recipe that I make all the time. I start with 2 cups of cranberry, the juice and zest of one orange (today I didn't have an orange so I substituted with blood orange juice and the zest of a lemon,,worked fine) then I add 1/2 cup light brown sugar and 1/2 cup white sugar, 2 tblsp chicken stock (I use the rotisserie chicken stock, its dark in color and rich, delicious in cooking) and 1/4 cup port. You let the cranberries soften, (bring to boil) and add a cornstarch slury 1tbsp cs 1tbsp water and cook till thickend. Remove from heat and chill. Whenever I serve this to guests they all want the recipe. Its so fast and easy..why would anybody buy canned? Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours..J

I have never liked cranberry sauce, sad to say. I buy cranberries because I cook them and use them for homemade suet for the birds and squirrels. However, when you add a can of cranberry sauce to a bottle of chili sauce it makes a fantastic barbecue sauce!! I tasted it in a store sampling and it's really fantastic.

Mine is more simple. :-) Cranberries, water and sugar. Yours sounds yummy though. I didn't get to do cranberries this year. Step-mom brought them!