I found this recipe in my Grandmom’s collection. The recipe card was in her handwriting. We always had similar cranberry sauce like this on the table. She claimed she never made a cranberry sauce with brandy. So we had a good laugh over this as I thought I had found a family heirloom recipe. Now I have adopted this memory into a new tradition for my own family and make this when we have turkey over the holidays either with Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Brandied Cranberry Sauce
Makes 1 and 3/4 cups
- 1 and 1/2 cup cranberries
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 2 tsp blackberry brandy or brandy
- 1 drop orange vitality essential oil
- 1 drop clove vitality essential oil
Combine cranberries, sugar, and orange juice in a medium sized pot on the stove.
Bring to boiling; then simmer, uncovered until cranberries pop and mixture thickens.
Remove from heat. Stir in brandy and essential oils. Cool before serving.
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