Orange-Cranberry Sauce – Healthy & Make ahead!
Ingredients
- 1 12 oz bag of fresh or frozen cranberries
- ¼ cup orange juice, fresh squeezed
- 1 tsp orange zest
- ¾ cup apple cider
- ½ cup pure maple syrup or honey
- ¼ cup coconut sugar
- ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
- ⅛ tsp kosher salt
Instructions
- In a medium sauce-pan over medium-high heat, whisk orange juice, apple cider, maple syrup or honey, and coconut sugar until it comes to a boil. Then stir in cinnamon and salt.
- Add cranberries to your saucepan, reduce heat and let the mixture simmer uncovered for about 10-minutes or so, stirring occasionally until the cranberries start to pop. Pop.
- With a potato masher, gently smoosh the cranberries in the same saucepan (you will be simmering for another 3 minutes after smooshing). The process of smashing works to thicken the sauce. The more you smoosh, the less chunky the sauce will be so just go until it looks good to you!
- Finally – simmer for another 3 minutes, turn off the heat and leave on top of the burner to cool and thicken for 20-30 minutes. Store in an airtight container in the fridge!
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