Thanksgiving!! -- Easy Cranberry Sauce

Cranberry... Turkey's best friend.
A Thanksgiving table is hardly itself without Turkey's right hand man on the table - Cranberry Sauce.

It's super easy and way more impressive to say you made it yourself 

instead of plopping it out of a can.

I start by boiling equal parts water and sugar (1 cup of each) in a small pot - for less sweet cranberry sauce use 1/2 cup or 3/4 cup of sugar.

Once it has come to a hard simmer/boil - add in 3 cups of fresh cranberries.

Cover, mixing occasionally until all the cranberries pop. You can encourage them by taking a wooden spoon and pressing them on the side of the pot.

Once all the cranberries have popped - turn off the heat and add 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 tsp nutmeg, 1 tsp orange zest, 1 tsp salt. Mix well.

The cranberry sauce will thicken as it cools.

For fun I added a little something extra to my cranberry sauce.. toasted chopped walnuts!

They help to balance out the sweetness of the sauce and add a little texture.

Yum!

Enjoy!!