Homemade Apple Cranberry Sauce with Granny Smith Apples
Servings: 10
Calories: 115kcal
Tart and sweet, this homemade apple cranberry sauce is made with granny smith apples, fresh cranberries, sugar, and orange zest. This easy to make flavorful holiday cranberry sauce will be the perfect addition on your family's table for Thanksgiving, Christmas, or other special event.
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Ingredients
- 16 ounces fresh cranberries
- 2 cups Granny Smith apples peeled and diced
- 1 Tablespoon orange zest
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Rinse the cranberries and set them in a strainer to drain. Wash, peel, and dice the apples. Zest the orange. Set all aside seperately.
- In a heavy-bottomed medium/large saucepan, cook the sugars, cinnamon, salt, and water together over medium heat. Stir constantly until the sugars have dissolved. This shouldn't take more than two minutes.
- Add the apples to the sugar water and cook for two minutes before adding the cranberries and orange zest. Allow to come to a boil and cook for two minutes.
- Turn the heat down to medium low and simmer uncovered for 15 minutes.
- Begin to mash the fruit in the pan until the sauce reaches the desired texture.
- Give it a little taste while still hot and add in a bit more sweetener if desired.
- Remember that this cranberry sauce will thicken with cooling. If, however, it is still too liquidy for you after mashing, then continue cooking for another five minutes at low uncovered.
- You can serve warm, at room temperature, or cooled. The sauce will thicken upon cooling.
- You can freeze any sauce you don't use within five days. Defrost the cranberry sauce in the refrigerator overnight when you are ready to use it.
Notes
Two cups of peeled and diced Granny Smith apples are equivalent to two medium-sized apples.
It takes almost one whole orange to get one tablespoon of orange zest.
Serving size is a heaping one-third a cup.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.33cups | Calories: 115kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 0.3g | Fat: 0.1g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.04g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.01g | Sodium: 35mg | Potassium: 80mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 44IU | Vitamin C: 8mg | Calcium: 18mg | Iron: 0.2mg