Take-out Tuesday, Two Easy Cranberry Sauce Recipes

Happy November!
Are your thoughts turning to Thanksgiving
and the upcoming holidays?
Cranberry is the flavor of the month on the Painted Apron,
so let’s kick off the month with Cranberry Sauce recipes!
Stove top Cranberry, Orange Maple Sauce
and Slow Cooker Cranberry Orange Sauce

Stove top Cranberry, Orange Maple Sauce
combines cranberries, orange juice, maple syrup and orange zest
plus optional walnuts or pecans

A few minutes on the stove top and it’s ready!

Slow Cooker Cranberry Orange Sauce
only calls for 5 simple ingredients,
cranberries, clementines, sugar, bay leaves and cinnamon

Put everything in the slow cooker


Cook on high for 1 hour,
give it a stir and then continue to cook for 2 more hours

This is how it looks after 3 hours

Stir again, and then leave the crock pot lid off
and let it cook for another 30 minutes
It will significantly reduce down to a lovely thick sauce

All done!
The Slow Cooker sauce only makes 1 cup of sauce
so increase ingredient amounts as needed

Recipes are adapted from Happier Than a Pig in Mud

Slow Cooker Cranberry Orange Sauce
Equipment
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 12 oz fresh cranberries
- 2/3 cup sugar
- 3 clementines peeled and sectioned
- 2 bay leaves
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
Instructions
- Place everything in a 4 quart slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on high 1 hour. Stir, cover and continue to cook for 2 more hours, stirring every hour.
- After 3 hours, stir and then leave the pot uncovered and cook 30 more minutes. Cool. Transfer to a jar and refrigerate for up to 2 weeks. Yields about 1 cup. Double recipe for a pint.

Cranberry, Orange and Maple Sauce
Ingredients
- 12 ounces fresh cranberries rinsed
- 1 cup pure maple syrup
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 orange zested
- 1 cup of walnuts or pecans
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan mix together the cranberries, maple syrup, orange juice and orange zest.
- Bring to a boil, then simmer until the cranberries burst open, about 5-10 minutes.
- The sauce will thicken as it cools. Refrigerate once the sauce as completely cooled.
- Add the nuts after the sauce is cooled.
Notes
Gobble Gobble!
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Awesome! I like slow cooker method more…dump everything in and forget about it 🙂
I agree, dump and go!
You know me, I like making just about anything in the slow cooker. The cranberry sauce is right up my alley. Thanks and have a great week Jenna.
Me too Bernadette, I love my slow cooker!
Jenna, since I love cranberries these recipes are perfect for the holiday season. I will still open a can of jellied cranberry sauce for my sweet Daddy. Happy Tuesday!
ha ha, good ole canned cranberry sauce is a classic, but wow, these are so much better!
Jenna, both recipes sound yummy! I love the idea of the slow cooker recipe. I can’t believe Thanksgiving is almost here. Happy November!
Thanks Shannon, I can’t believe it’s almost Thanksgiving either!
Great recipe. This is somewhat similar to what my mom did minus the slow cooker. The slow cooker certainly makes it easy!! Have a great week Jenna!
Thanks Shirley, the slow cooker is my best friend!
This is very timely, delicious and consider them saved! I just bought an enormous bag of cranberries (some to freeze) but some for sauce. And now, something new to try!
Both recipes are so easy and so good! Cheers to cranberry season!
I love the use of maple and oranges here! Homemade is so delicious. Yet, there are a couple in the family we have to buy the little can of jellied stuff for!
Ha, yes I understand, the canned cranberry is a must for some!
Yep, it’s cranberry season for sure! I like the addition of syrup:@)
Yes, maple syrup is a delicious addition to the cranberries and oranges!
YUM! Love a slow cooker way of doing things! Hugs and blessings, Cindy
Me too, thanks Cindy!
I used to make cranberry sauce with K and 1st grade students as a center activity. They loved to watch the cranberries pop, and so did I! The slow cooker sounds like a great way to go; I’ve never done that!
Thanks Linda, I love to use my slow cooker, dump and go, set and forget!
Hurray for cranberry season Jenna! I can’t believe Thanksgiving is just a few weeks away. ♥
I can’t either!!!
I’ve never used maple syrup in cranberries. I’ll have to try it! Thanks so much for sharing at the Lazy Gastronome’s What’s for Dinner party! Have a fabulous weekend and hope to see you on Sunday!
Maple syrup is good in so many things, thanks Helen!
I’m drooling- they both look sooo delicious.
Thank you Judee!