This Slow Cooker Spiced Cranberry Sauce is delicious and so easy to prepare! A simple Thanksgiving classic recipe featuring fresh, ruby red cranberries, cinnamon, ginger, cloves, orange juice and apple cider vinegar.
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AN EASY SLOW COOKER CRANBERRY SAUCE RECIPE
Have I got the best ever bowl of sweetness and tanginess for you! Your house is about to smell like the HOLIDAYS!!
Heeey! Happy Monday! Even happier Thanksgiving week! I’m kind of still in disbelief that it’s already time for turkey, cranberries, Black Friday deals, Christmas movies, and Santa Claus. Like, what?! Didn’t we *just* wish each other a Happy 2016?? Geeez! Time, sloooow down.
A good thing about these days coming around a little quicker than they did when I was little and couldn’t tell time, is that we get to grub on the best menu ever put together. Case in point: THIS Slow Cooker SPICED Cranberry Sauce. Lawwwwd, this stuff is amaaay-zing! I probably say that a lot, but it ain’t no lie.
At first I thought I got carried away with all that I was throwing in the slow cooker, but as all good stories go, I’m glad I didn’t stop. Not only did I add in all the Fall spices that I could find, but just for fun and lots of flavor, I also added in STAR’s Unfiltered Organic Apple Cider Vinegar. Made with organically grown apples, their apple cider vinegar is a wholesome way to add delicious flavor to most foods, salads, pork and even cranberry sauce.
This spiced cranberry sauce prepared in a saucepan will take you about 10 to 12 minutes. This sauce, in a slow cooker? 3 to 4 hours. THUS, the question that follows is: why bother with the slow cooker?!? The answer is: BE-CAUSE, a) you need the stovetop for all the other dishes on the list, b) you WANT your house to smell like the Holidays, and c) we loooove using our slow cooker for all-things THANKSGIVING. Take note:
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But back to the spiced cranberry sauce. After we devoured most of it, which was back in September while I was working on my blog-Thanksgiving-recipes, the little bit that I had leftover went over a gooey and warm round of brie cheeeeese. Best idea, I tell ya! Bestest! It was so, so good. Hop over to HERE to get that recipe.
Annnyyyhoooo. Cranberries in a crock pot is a sure solution to the most delicious sauce you have ever had! Mayyyybe? I’m sure your Mom’s or Grandma’s was better – it always is – but this is good, too. I promise!
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TOOLS AND INGREDIENTS USED IN THIS RECIPE
Slow Cooker Spiced Cranberry Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 bag (12 ounces) fresh cranberries
- 1-1/4 cups packed light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup STAR Unfiltered Organic Apple Cider Vinegar
- 3/4 cup light orange juice
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- 3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients in the bowl of your slow cooker and stir to combine.
- Cover and cook on HIGH for 3 to 4 hours or on LOW for 6 to 7 hours, or until the cranberries have popped and the sauce is thickened and bubbly.
- Taste and adjust accordingly. If needed, stir in more sugar.
- Serve.
 30 Min
Freezer Friendly
One Pot
Low Carb
Instant Pot
Gluten Free
Keto
Chicken
Beef
I realize the original date of this post was some time ago, but I’m hoping for a response. I did this in my crock pot on high for more than 4 hours……many of the cranberries have not popped, but are soft. There is no thickening of the liquids, it is just plain runny and liquid. I am going to try and transfer to stove-top and continue cooking and hoping for some thickening. Any comments or suggestions?
Hi!!
I would just let them cook a little longer in the slow cooker. It could be that your slow cooker cooks at a lower temperature than mine, which is why it may need a bit more time. Just continue to cook until they start popping – it shouldn’t be long since they’re already soft. By cooking it longer, you’re also going to reduce the sauce down even further so more of the liquid cooks off and the mixture thickens. If you want it even thicker, you can always add a slurry of cornstarch – mix 1 tablespoon cornstarch with 2 tablespoons water and stir it into the sauce and continue to cook for several minutes.
Such a timesaver to make in the slow cooker.
So easy…I love cranberry sauce and this recipe is the bomb!
I love the flavors in this recipe! Cranberry sauce is one of my favorite parts of Thanksgiving!
That must smell so good while its cooking! Homemade is SO much better than canned!
What a great way to make that old cranberry sauce more flavorful! I’m definitely going to give this a try for Thanksgiving!
Why would you ever buy cranberry sauce again!
I’m in love with the idea of making cranberry sauce in the slow cooker! I bet vinegar gives it a yummy kick!
Love that this sauce get cookies in the crockpot! Looks delish too!
Looks like cranberry heaven to me! I’ve never made it in the slow cooker – I bet the house smells awesome all day long!
This is a very interesting idea – just letting the cranberry sauce work itself in the slow cooker (what an aroma in the house) and using vinegar in it! Got to give this a try!