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    Home » Easy Recipes » Four Ingredients or Less!

    Three Ingredient Homemade Cranberry Sauce

    Published: Nov 22, 2020 · Modified: Jan 18, 2023 by Susan Moncrieff · This post may contain affiliate links · 1 Comment

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    Three ingredient homemade cranberry sauce is really easy to make! If you've been around for a while, you know I'm a HUGE fan of three (sometimes four) ingredient recipes. I've been trying to make more scratch recipes with three ingredients for you.

    Homemade Three Ingredient Cranberry Sauce

    bright red cranberry sauce in a glass bowl. Text overlay stating easy, three ingredient recipe.

    A group of Moms and I were out for lunch. We were also talking about how so many families really, really love the cranberry sauce that comes out of a can. And, it's served with the can ridges and everything! I always love homemade cranberry sauce.

    Three Ingredients:

    1 cup water
    1 cup sugar
    1 small bag cranberries (12 oz)

    Directions:
    1. Mix water and sugar together in a saucepan and bring to a slow boil.

    Fresh cranberries poured into a pot with water
    2. Add the bag of cranberries. Be warned, after about a minute, it might sound like you are making popcorn. The cranberry skin starts to crack and it makes a popping sound.

    skins of cranberries start to split when cooked
    3. Gently boil for about 10 minutes. It will start having a jam-like consistency.

    Three Ingredient Cranberry Sauce
    4. Pour into a serving dish or bowl and cool in refrigerator.

    closeup of Cranberry Sauce

    Just as an FYI, the cranberry sauce will set when it cools.  It will have more of the jelly-like consistency you are used to.

    close view of cranberry sauce

    I'd really recommend making this the day before. No need to try to add this to the chaos of all the sides you are trying to make Thanksgiving day. Spend 15 minutes the day before, and it's ready and waiting for you when you need it.

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    Homemade Three Ingredient Cranberry Sauce

    Easy and delicious homemade cranberry sauce.  If you want a delicious but simple alternative to canned cranberry sauce, this is it!
    5 from 1 vote
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    Course: side
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 15 minutes
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    Author: Susan Moncrieff

    Ingredients

    • 1 cup water
    • 1 cup sugar
    • 1 small bag cranberries 12 oz

    Instructions

    • Mix water and sugar together in a saucepan and bring to a slow boil.
    • Add the bag of cranberries. Be warned, after about a minute, it might sound like you are making popcorn. The cranberry skin starts to crack and it makes a popping sound.
    • Gently boil for about 10 minutes. It will start having a jam-like consistency.
    • Pour into a serving dish or bowl and cool in the refrigerator.

    Notes

    The cranberry sauce will set when it cools.  It will have more of the jelly-like consistency you are used to.
     

    Hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving dinner!

    However, many, many of you have been such wonderful supporters of my two-ingredient pumpkin muffins I thought I'd share the link. I'll admit, one "ingredient" of these muffins is cake mix.  This pumpkin two-ingredient recipe has been repinned 133K times!

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    1. Patti @ Garden Matter

      November 21, 2016 at 6:24 am

      5 stars
      Hi Susan,

      We love cranberry sauce and are hosting dinner for 13 this Thursday so anything I can do to make it easier it helpful. This recipe for three ingredient cranberry sauce is just the trick. Thanks.

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