Momma loves the cranberry sauce that slithers out of the can with a vile sucking sound. The can leaves imprinted rings around the jelly providing an easy slicing guide. Momma has learned to show up for Thanksgiving with her own sad can, in case we accidentally forget.
If you prefer a quick, more flavorful cranberry sauce, this is an easy recipe you can whip up in the time it takes to slide that jellied concoction on to a dish…
Easy Cranberry Sauce
One bag fresh cranberries (12 oz)
3/4 cup orange juice
2/3 cup brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
2 oz rum
Dump all the ingredients in a saucepan, stir on medium-high until most of the liquid cooks off – about 20 minutes. The cranberries will split and pop open. Can be prepared in advanced and stored in the fridge for 2-3 days.
Serve this yummy cranberry sauce at room temperature—along side the canned stuff (if you must)…
Happy Thanksgiving!
Grace Grits and Gardening
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awesome! I’m strangely attracted to the canned stuff (like a car wreck-I don’t eat it-just watch it jiggle!)
I hope Staci didn’t forget my cranberry sauce! She is doing all the cooking this year; Talya is still out-of-town. Mom
My husband and daughter-in-law fight over the end slices…must have cranberry sauce with the rings
Thank you, Thank you. I am thankful for Talya’s alternative to the “canberry” sauce. Happy Thanksgiving.
I love it-canberry sauce…
People really eat that canned stuff???
Even with table edge-to-table edge food, no one remembered to bring the cranberry sauce! That was Granny’s job and no one has yet taken that over.
I happen to like the canberry stuff.
However, I also like the version of that recipe that Talya gives above that my housemate makes. It has cinnamon, nutmeg, and cardamom, and instead of orange juice, she uses orange marmalade, for a little extra texture. No rum, but I bet if I suggest that, she might give it a try. 🙂
It just isn’t Thanksgiving without cranberry sauce!
Whenever I make stuffing throughout the year have to have cranberry sauce. So I make sure I have lots of cranberries in the freezer. Stuffing without cranberries just isn’t stuffing.
Enjoy your cranberries. I make this same recipe but leave out the rum.
That’s a great idea Gloria. I never make dressing except during the holidays. Not sure why that is.
I’m with your mom—- but I also make a cranberry-pineapple salad that is delish with dressing!
Cranberry and pineapple sounds like a great combination!