Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2012

I've never made cranberry sauce before and was surprised at how easy this recipe was. Definitely a new favorite! My whole family loved it. I followed the recipe exactly with one exception- I added a handfull of frozen raspberries so it had a mild cran-raspberry taste.

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Annie6477

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2012

I had never had fresh cranberry sauce before and this year decided to make it myself and not buy canned sauce. This recipe is fantastic! Loved it and will now never buy canned sauce again!!

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tensandtwenties

Home Town: Hazard, Kentucky, USA

Living In: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2012

First batch I made exactly as directed. It was runny and a little too tart tasting (but still very good). For the second batch, I took the suggestion of only using a half cup of OJ and it turned out absolutely delicious but it gelled a little too much. Now I'm working on batch number 3. I used a little more than 1/2 cup but not quite 3/4 cup orange juice and I'm hoping it'll be just right. Also, definitely use fresh squeezed orange juice to get that super fresh taste. Concentrated OJ makes it too sweet and kind of "preserved" tasting.

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JENNY100

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Calabasas, California, USA

Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2012

The easiest, best canberry sauce hands down. I always have to give out the recipe when ever I make it, and no one believes how easy it is to make. A keeper for sure.

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Florida Kat

Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2012

This stuff stinks when cooking but tastes great! Don't worry about the smell as it cooks! It kind of smells like rotten fruit cooking in OJ. It is a real funky smell but like I said it tastes super sweet and delicious! I used 1 bag of Oceanspray cranberries, 1 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup water, and 1/2 cup OJ. I think a full cup of OJ would have been too strong tasting on the orange side. 1/2 cup was the perfect blend of sweet and tart! I also let it cook for 20 minutes. Any less and the cranberries were not even popped all the way through. The sauce gets thicker the longer it simmers on the stove. It turns a deeper color red too the longer you cook it! Mahalo for the perfect Thanksgiving recipe!

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firesidegiraffe

Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2012

If I knew cooking cranberry sauce was this easy I would have never bought any from the store. It turned out great. Thanks for all the other ideas. I will have to try some of the other ideas next time.

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Litive

Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2012

Never Have Been a crandberry lover...then my mother found a recipe that was perfect. She made it and I ate it!!! Well that was so many years ago...she died and I never got the recipe from her. BUT I remember one ingredeint and that was the orange juice. Guess what this one calls for? That's right orange juice. I made it and it was a big hit (more so than the turkey)! I will be of course making it for this Thanskgiving and here on end. (the only problem is that the three stores we went to were all out of fresh cranberries. Could it be the public has discovered the seacred??? LOL. There is one tip I need to pass on... make it two days ahead of time so the orange juice can mix with the cranberries...a match made in heaven.

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A Hip Ol' Granny

Reviewed: Nov. 21, 2012

Great!!!! also try adding a little bit of rum and cinnamon! So excited that I didnt have canned cranberry sauce this year :)

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Allison Sardone

Reviewed: Nov. 20, 2012

I am always thrilled and eager to try a recipe thats straight to the point!! 3 ingredients, YES!!! When I read the recipe I was hoping for a similar sauce to the honey baked ham company's orange walnut cranberry sauce, so i added a cup of chopped walnuts(keep them big, not too small) and it was pretty much a dead ringer from what I remember!! Super easy recipe, very delicious, I had no issues with the "gelling", I read one review about someone using a potato masher, not necessary. I used the plastic spoon(one safe for cooking with) that I was using to stir the ingredients with,I just took the back of the spoon and mashed it up, but not entirely, its nice to have some chunky cranberries in there, but you could easily mash it all if desired!!! THANK YOU THANK YOU!!! Next time I will try using half brown sugar half white like another reviewer suggested, and maybe the grand marnier, but this recipe rocks as is. Also I used a no pulp OJ, not sure if anyone has tried it with pulp.

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