Tangy-sweet cranberry sauce is a holiday essential! Homemade cranberry sauce tastes so much better than store-bought and takes just 15 minutes and 3 ingredients to make.
This recipe is nothing really special, but it is plain ol' perfect cranberry sauce, and the holidays wouldn't be the holidays without it, right? Be sure to serve a bowl of cranberry sauce and a boat of vegan mushroom gravy at every Thanksgiving and Christmas feast.
This easy homemade cranberry sauce is an essential part of our Ultimate Vegan Thanksgiving Loaf (as the Cranberry Glaze), our Vegan Holiday Burger, our Roasted Vegan Thanksgiving Bowl, and our Thankgiving-Style Smashed Potatoes. It goes great with Tofurky Roast too!
Easy Homemade Cranberry Sauce
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2.5 cups 1x
- Category: Sauces
- Method: Simmering
- Cuisine: Vegan
Description
Tangy-sweet cranberry sauce is a holiday essential! Homemade cranberry sauce tastes so much better than store-bought and takes just 15 minutes and 3 ingredients to make!
Ingredients
- 1 (340g/12-oz) packages fresh (or frozen) cranberries (3 cups)
- 1 cup (200 grams) sugar
- 1 cup (250 ml) water
Instructions
- Rinse cranberries.
- In a medium-sized saucepan, stir together cranberries, sugar, and water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.
- Turn heat down to medium and simmer until most of the cranberry skins have burst, about 5 minutes. The cranberry sauce will thicken as it cools.
- Transfer the cranberry sauce to a serving dish, and chill until thick.
Notes
This cranberry sauce pairs well with Tofurky Roast. It's also used in our Ultimate Vegan Thanksgiving Loaf and Vegan Holiday Burger (as the Cranberry Glaze), and on top of our Roasted Vegan Thanksgiving Bowl and Thankgiving-Style Smashed Potatoes.
Store in refrigerator for up to 5 days.
Keywords: cranberry sauce, cranberry sauce recipe
Mary
Being that cranberries are out of season right now, can frozen cranberries be substituted? Would the amount of water be reduced if using frozen? Thank you 🙂
Brittany
Yep, frozen cranberries will work perfectly. No need to adjust the recipe! Thanks for commenting Mary 😀
Cheryl
Absolutely loved this Christmas post.Yours words about miracles brought a tiny tear because it reminds me of all the big and small ones in my life. Thanks for the reminder.
Recipes amazing too!
★★★★★
Brittany
Thank you Cheryl! I hope you're having a lovely holiday season and enjoying the warmth! It's finally getting chilly here, maybe too chilly 😉