Homemade Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients

• 12 ounces fresh or frozen cranberries (do not defrost frozen berries)

• 2 teaspoons orange zest

• ½ cup fresh orange juice

• 1 cup granulated sugar (brown sugar and palm sugar would work too)

• 2 tablespoons water

*Optional add-ins: cinnamon sticks, star

anise, cardamom pods, black peppercorns,

vanilla extract, etc.

Preparation - Cranberry Sauce

1. Add all the ingredients into a slow cooker, stir to combine. Allow the sauce to cook on the high heat setting for 3-4 hours OR on the low heat setting for 7-8 hours. The sauce may look thin when it is done but as it cools the natural pectin in the cranberries will thicken the sauce.