Cranberry Sauce

The recipes I choose for the holidays are my favorites. Some are new and some are old. Some are flavors I grew up eating, some I have incorporated from my husbands family or have found on my own. For me the flavors are full of happiness and memories.

I have included two recipes here. One is "Nana's Recipe" that has been passed down from mother to daughter over the generations of my family and the second is a more traditional sauce. I always make enough cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving dinner and for all the leftover turkey sandwiches too! It is better if you make it a day ahead.


Nana's Recipe
1 small package of raspberry jello
1 cup boiling water
1 cup cranberries, coarsely chopped
1 cup apple, coarsely diced
1 cup sugar

Boil water, pour into jello powder. In a large bowl combine cranberries, apples, and sugar (I use a food processor to chop/dice the cranberries and apples). Fold jello mixture into fruit and stir until sugar is dissolved. Refrigerate. Stir a couple times until set. Stir just prior to serving.

Traditional Recipe
1 12 oz bag fresh cranberries
1 cup fresh squeezed orange juice
1 cup sugar
zest from 1 orange

In a sauce pan, combine juice, sugar, and zest and bring to a boil while you stir. Add cranberries and return to a boil. Reduce heat and boil gently for 10 minutes. Cool completely at room temperature. Cover and chill. Make the day before!