I don’t usually like to toot my own horn, but when it comes to creating a cranberry sauce recipe, I’m pretty convinced this is the best cranberry sauce recipe ever. 😉  The best part is, it was an accident.  The mishap occurred about 8 years ago, but I always forget to write about it here, so before Thanksgiving comes and goes again, I’m going to write about it so you can be enjoying this yummy treat on your table this year!

I mean, how yummy does that picture look?  I just want to lick it off the screen. 😉  I love cranberry orange juice, and I also love pineapple.  I was in charge of bringing cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving on that fateful day 8 years ago, so I thought I would try a little experiment.  It has been such a hit that I have been asked to make it every year since.  I’m not joking, everyone I have made it for thinks this is the best cranberry sauce recipe ever.  The funny thing is, I am guilty of never writing things down when I experiment, so I had to try and recreate it to make sure I was getting it right before I posted about it.  Now I will have it written down for eternity. 😉  Here’s what you will need to make this best cranberry sauce recipe.  I’ve included some affiliate links to some of my favorite kitchen gadgets that I use in this recipe for your convenience.

What You’ll Need

2 oranges (I use navel)

2 bags of Whole Cranberries

1 Can of Pineapple Tidbits

1 Can of Pineapple Chunks (or a small can of 100%  pineapple juice)

1 Cup of Water

2 Cups of Granulated Sugar

This recipe uses two of my ALL time favorite kitchen gadgets- either of these would be a perfect gift for the foodie in your life.

Immersion Blender

Microplane

DIRECTIONS

Add half of your cranberries to a food processor and roughly chop them using the pulse mode. 

Drain the crushed pineapple and reserve juice. Zest one of your oranges using the microplane and set zest aside. Cut your oranges and add the juice of the two oranges to the reserved pineapple juice to make 1 Cup of Pineapple/Orange juice. If you need more pineapple juice, add the juice from the can of pineapple chunks or your can of 100% pineapple juice,

Combine sugar, water and pineapple/orange juice, crushed pineapple, cranberries and orange zest in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and boil gently for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Whole cranberries will begin to pop, as they boil gently. You want the sauce to boil long enough for most of the cranberries to pop.

Remove from the heat after 10-15 minutes.

Let cool completely. Store in the refrigerator.  Serve Chilled.

Yield: approx 6 cups

Best Cranberry Sauce Recipe Ever

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Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 Navel Oranges
• 2 12 oz packages of whole Cranberries
• 2 cups of sugar
• 1 20 oz. can of crushed pineapple
• 1 20 oz can of pineapple chunks or one 6 oz can of 100% pineapple juice
• 1 cup of water

Instructions

Roughly chop half of your cranberries using a food processor on the pulse mode.

Drain crushed pineapple and reserve juice. Zest one of your oranges using the microplane and set zest aside. Cut your oranges and add the juice of the two oranges to the reserved pineapple juice to make 1 Cup of Pineapple/Orange juice. If you need more pineapple juice, add the juice from the can of pineapple chunks or your can of 100% pineapple juice,

Combine sugar, water, pineapple/orange juice, crushed pineapple, cranberries and orange zest in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil.

Reduce heat and boil gently for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cranberries will begin to pop as they boil gently. You want the sauce to boil long enough for most of the cranberries to pop.

Remove from the heat after 10-15 minutes of boiling.

Let cool completely. Store in the refrigerator.  Serve Chilled.

You can make this 3-4 days ahead of time. It freezes well too. If you freeze it, just make sure to let it thaw in the fridge for a day or two before you need to eat it.

It smells like heaven and I am completely convinced that once you taste it you will think it is the best cranberry sauce recipe ever too!  If you make it, let me know what you think.  I would love to know about your favorite recipes too!

You can find more of our favorite recipes in our Recipe Gallery.  Jenny has a great recipe for stuffing here.

Enjoy!

Tammy