Whether its Thanksgiving or you just need to wow a crowd with a charcutier board, this cranberry sauce will get you where you’re going. It is light, tart, sweet, and full of flavor. This sauce is easy to make and is sure to set your dinner apart from the rest.

Cranberry Sauce with Grilled Cheese Dippers — Grilled Cheese Dippers with Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients

Everything you need for this cranberry sauce will be easy to find at your local grocer, especially during the holiday season when cranberries start hitting store shelves. There are only eight ingredients to this delicious sauce, so you don’t have an excuse unless you are under the age of 21.

Gran Marnier (Orange Liqueur)
Fresh Cranberries
Fresh Raspberries
Orange Juice
White Sugar
Brown Sugar
Crushed Pineapple
Cinnamon

Gran Marnier and a measuring cup — A little extra Grand Marnier never hurt anyone

How to make Grand Marnier Cranberry Sauce with Pineapple

Thanksgiving can be a daunting day for anyone that doesn’t feel comfortable in the kitchen. If you fall into the category and still need to bring a dish to pass, you should bring wine… but if you can’t bring wine you should make this cranberry sauce because it is as easy as it gets.

First you will gather all the ingredients and a large sauce pan. Turn the a stove burner to medium heat and add the: white sugar, brown sugar, cinnamon, and orange juice. Mix these ingredients together until all the sugars are dissolved.

cranberry sauce ingredients in a pot — Cranberry Sauce before it is sauced

Then you will add the cranberries, raspberries, and crushed pineapples. All that’s left now is to stir. Keep stirring for about 25 minutes, or until the sauce starts to thicken. Then turn off the heat an mix in the Grand Marnier.

cranberry sauce getting cooked in a pot — Getting Saucy

Pro Tip: Make this dish ahead of time and let all the flavors balance out in fridge. Then reheat the sauce before serving.