I like just plain carnberry sauce. Never liked it with other stuff in it.
Donna A.

I'm probably the only college student out there who actually takes the time to make real cranberry sauce the old fashioned way like this =P

Raisins and cinnamon -- great suggestion. I'm going to try that next time!

In France, we eat cranberry sauce with game meat rather than turkey, so it is interesting for me to know that this is a sauce that goes with turkey too.

everyone's got their must-have food. at least your dad makes his from scratch and resorts to the canned stuff when it runs out.

my dad's still got this thing for Carl's Jr. He eats it EVERYDAY. It was momentous occasion when he came home with Wendy's.

btw, i forgot to mention--how cool that all the bay area bloggers got together! good conversation, fo sho. Oh, and thanks for listing me on your link site :) Cheers!

Substituting OJ for the water is nice - a little oomph without overwhelming.

This is the recipe we use as well. Instead of orange zest, I like adding lime zest for a kickier version.

I call mine Cape Cod Cranberry Sauce. try using a little vodka (a few Tablespoonsor as much as 1/3 cup) and Lime juice and zest in place of the water. gives it a nice lil kick and garnish with some lime zest!

I used this recipe for my first time ever homemade cranberry sauce. I added about a TBLSP of orange zest and hand squeezed the juice from 3 oranges into my water to equal 1 cup, I also squeezed the juice of 1 lime into it after it boiled. It turned out incredible! I can't wait to put it on our Christmas Table. My family will be so impressed.

Cranberry sauce is great with deep fried camember cheese- my mum makes a fantastic sauce and she always adds small, sweet and aromatic pears cut in halves while simmering the cranberries in syrup-at the end. They look beautiful on the table-you can put some cranberries in the hollowed pear.

I am very happy to say that I tried this recipe and it came out great so I think everyone should try it.

Im in charge of the cranberrry sauce this year! I like to make mine with cans of frozen concentrated apple juice in place of the sugar/ water. I just put in 1 large or 2-3 small cans of the juice with the cranberries. It adds the sweetness and gives it an apple/cranberry flavor! (I suppose I could try adding one apple and one frozen o.j...Maybe I will try that!)

I love this stuff!!!! My mom made it once when i was a kidd ...and now im making it part of my Thanksgiving AND Christmas!!! Enjoy!

I am also a college student - lol- you're not the only one who makes fresh Cranberry sauce for your Thanksgiving!..:)

Does anyone know why sometimes this cranberry recipe will gel and sometimes it's runny. I've been making this for years and just can't figure out why it does that ..... anyone know?

Does anyone know if there are any special instructions for preserving (canning) this sauce? I haven't made it before and would like to include it in a xmas basket for family and friends.

My mother used to make the cranberry sauce and would get it to gel. Now that she is gone, my sister makes it with nutrisweet because family members have diabetes. It doesn't gel.

My sister made this for me because I can't stand the canned stuff, but the fresh stuff I like. I had more than I really needed so I used it as jelly on my English muffins. Those were some good breakfast muffins!

I always add roasted walnut pieces and orange marmalade and lemon juice to mine. But I don't boil mine I simply put sugar and washed cranberries in a large Baking dish and pop them in the 350' oven till they start bubbling. Keep an eye on them. Remove them from the oven and add the marmalade and lemon juice and roasted walnuts. mmmmm-mmmmm-mmmmm I make up a big batch and give a mason jar full to all my friends every Thanksgiving!!

I add jalapeños, walnuts and mandarin oranges to my cranberry relish. It's always a hit at Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I also buy cranberries as they become avail fresh in hte store. I LOVE to mix some cranberry sauce into my Oatmeal instead of butter, sugar & raisins or what-have-you. Even turned other family onto it.

Tried the Spicy Cranberry Sauce with Pinot Noir Recipe and tasted it... GOD-AWFUL and will never stray from the tried & true plain ever again...

Note from Elise: Sounds like you didn't use a good bottle of Pinot Noir. I love that recipe.

I love your blog and the wonderful, wonderful photos. My variation of cranberry sauce, like Nitka's, includes diced pears (canned pears work great / two 15 oz cans, drained) and honey, and then a bit (1 tsp) of lemon zest and 2 tsp of lemon juice after its cooled off. I find that fresh cranberry sauce always surprises people - they don't expect very much at all from fresh cranberry sauce, but find it very yummy once they've tried it.

Can someone please tell me how to get the cranberry sauce to jell? Do you need to add additional pectin to obtain jellied sauce?

I use black cherry jello. Make the normal way of berries, sugar, nuts, almond extract, and chopped celery. After berries are done add to jello and let sit until firm.

I searched for a Cranberry Sauce recipe and found your site right at the top of the list, what a great site! I am making Cranberry Sauce from fresh berries we picked up at a farm in Maine a couple of weeks ago. I wrote some about it on my blog. Have a thankful Thanksgiving!

1 cup of sugar was to much. Used some graded orange peel and lemon juice, added a nice touch without over doing it. Just a little sweet for my preference.

I made your cranberry sauce last year. Everyone loved it, but I never thought about it again until today. My son-in-law called just to ask me to please make the same recipe again. Thank you for still having the recipe up!

I add a few spoons of sugar with a little lime juice to fresh cranberries. Turned out so good.

I made this recipe this year and I loved it. I did change the water to 1/2 cup and used 1/2 cup orange juice along with the sugar. Very good recipe - and so simple. Thanks!!

I like this simple recipe. It's just like my aunt used to make. I change it up a little bit by mashing the cranberries with a potato masher and sprinkling chopped walnuts over the top of it before putting in the fridge.

I live in Chile and I made this recipe for a group of people who'd never tried cranberry sauce before. It was a big, big hit. Thank you. (Coincidentally, it's the best I've tried!)

I put buscuit pastry inside muffin tins, spooned in some of this sauce and baked. I also mixed it with a sauted apple sauce and added to muffins. Once out of the oven and cooled slightly, we added ice cream and a bit of whipped cream. My husband was very pleased with my quick dessert. I will definately use this again. This was a bulls-eye on my first visit to the website.

How long can this sauce last in the fridge? Can I freeze the extra sauce?