Orange Cranberry Sauce Recipe (Crockpot)
The BEST crockpot cranberry sauce with orange and spices combined with Zinfandel wine that is so delicious, this will become a favorite dish on your Thanksgiving table.
Equipment
- 1 Slow cooker
Ingredients
- 12 oz fresh cranberries
- 1 cup+ granulated sugar
- 1 cup Zinfandel white wine
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
- 1 orange segments cut into ¾ inch pieces
- ⅓ cup currants optional
Instructions
- Wash the orange and dry it with a paper towel. Zest the orange with the fine side of a box grater or with a kitchen Microplane zester.
- Mix the cranberries, sugar, Zinfandel, cinnamon, orange segments, and orange peel in a crock-pot.
- Cover and cook on high for 5 to 7 hours until at least half of the cranberries pop.
- Remove the cinnamon stick and stir in the currants.
- Cool to room temperature, then chill.
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Notes
A sweeter white wine or rose works well as a substitute for the white Zinfandel wine.
To make the recipe alcohol free, use all orange juice (and cut back on the sugar) or replace the white wine for apple or white grape juice.
The cranberry sauce will keep up to a week in the fridge.
Use can use raisins in place of the dried currants.
The recipe can be doubled in a large crockpot.
You can use other types of sweeteners like honey, maple syrup, coconut sugar, or a low carb substitute like monk fruit or erythritol. Cut back on the sweetener if you're substituting one of these and add more at the end if needed. Continue cooking in the crockpot until the sweetener is dissolved if it's in granulated form.
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