Prep time: 5 mins Cook time: 15 mins Rest time: 10 mins Total time: 30 mins
Serves: 6+ people
This cranberry sauce is animal-based friendly and made with just 3 ingredients: cranberries, orange juice, and maple syrup.
Note: this is not my original recipe. Credit to Cook Eat Paleo. While I was doing research on how to make cranberry sauce, I came across her recipe. It was perfect. I couldn’t bring myself to change a single thing!
What you need to make 3-Ingredient Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients:
- Cranberries
- Orange juice
- Maple syrup (or raw honey (ASHLEYR for 10% off); Note: I recommend local or Manuka)
Equipment:
(for the full recipe, scroll to the bottom)
Substitutions
Honey can be used in place of maple syrup.
How to make 3-Ingredient Cranberry Sauce
If a visual will help, watch the Instagram Reel for this recipe.
Make the cranberry sauce.
In your 8″ cooking pan, add the cranberries, orange juice, and maple syrup and bring to medium heat. Stir to incorporate all ingredients evenly.
Simmer until the cranberries pop and the sauce thickens, about 10-15 minutes or so. Stir occasionally.
Cool the sauce and serve.
Allow the sauce to cool to room temperature, then refrigerate.
Serve cool or at room temperature – whatever you prefer. Enjoy!
If there are leftovers, store them in an airtight container for 3-4 days.
Tips to make the best 3-Ingredient Cranberry Sauce
- I recommend using maple syrup instead of honey due to how well it pairs with the cranberries.
Other favorite dinner ideas:
Cobb ‘Salad’ with Duck Fat Ranch Dressing
3-Ingredient Cranberry Sauce
3-Ingredient Cranberry Sauce
Equipment
Ingredients
- 12 oz fresh cranberries
- 3/4 cup fresh orange juice
- 1/2 cup maple syrup (or raw honey (ASHLEYR for 10% off); I recommend local or Manuka)
Instructions
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Note: this is not my original recipe. Credit to Cook Eat Paleo. While I was doing research on how to make cranberry sauce, I came across her recipe. It was perfect. I couldn’t bring myself to change a single thing!
If a visual will help, watch the Instagram Reel for this recipe.
Make the cranberry sauce.
- In your 8″ cooking pan, add the cranberries, orange juice, and maple syrup and bring to medium heat. Stir to incorporate all ingredients evenly.
- Simmer until the cranberries pop and the sauce thickens, about 10-15 minutes or so. Stir occasionally.
Cool the sauce and serve.
- Allow the sauce to cool to room temperature, then refrigerate.
- Serve cool or at room temperature - whatever you prefer. Enjoy!
- If there are leftovers, store them in an airtight container for 3-4 days.
Other favorite dinner ideas:
Cobb ‘Salad’ with Duck Fat Ranch Dressing
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Ashley Rothstein develops tasty, whole food, animal-based recipes that include a moderate amount of “minimally toxic” plant foods. To fix her own health issues, she bounced around between the carnivore, keto, and paleo diets for a few years. After experiencing and studying each diet philosophy, she learned she feels her best by merging the three and following an animal-based diet. As a glut at heart, she likes to channel her creativity and create meals that are healthy but also satisfy her inner gluttonous spirits.
