The Best Homemade Cranberry Sauce

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Ingredients

  • 1 (12 ounce) bag fresh cranberries

  • 1 cup water

  • ½ cup sugar

  • 2 1-by-4-inch strips orange peel

  • Pinch of kosher salt

Directions

  1. Place cranberries, water, sugar, orange peel and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to maintain a simmer and cook, stirring often, until most of the cranberries have burst, 10 to 12 minutes. Remove the orange peel. Serve at room temperature or chilled.