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    Recipes » Recipes » Lunch & Dinner

    Sugar Free Cranberry Sauce

    Last updated - July 14, 2021; Published - November 14, 2018 By Rhian Williams 7 Comments

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    This Sugar Free Cranberry Sauce is fragrant, fruity, sweet, and tangy. It's naturally sweetened, healthier than the traditional version, but still sticky and jammy. It's quick and easy to make, naturally vegan and gluten-free, and easily customisable. Plus, it can be made ahead for Thanksgiving and Christmas!

    Sugar free cranberry sauce in a bowl on a marble slab

    How to make this recipe

    Scroll down to the bottom of the post for the full recipe.

    • Place the cranberries, date syrup and orange juice in a pan.
    Fresh cranberries in a pan with orange juice being poured in from a jug
    • Cook on a low heat, stirring regularly, for around 20 minutes or until softened and broken down.

    Tip: Add little splashes of water if it starts to get dry whilst cooking.

    Sugar free cranberry sauce in a pan
    • Taste and add more date syrup if necessary.

    How long does this keep for?

    This Cranberry Sauce keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days. It also freezes well.

    Substitutions you can make

    • You can use either fresh or frozen cranberries.
    • You can replace the orange juice with apple juice.
    • You can replace the date syrup with maple syrup, agave syrup, or any other sweetener.
    • You can add orange zest.
    • You can add ground or fresh grated ginger.
    • You can add ground cinnamon!

    More festive side dishes

    • Scalloped Sweet Potato Gratin
    • Cauliflower Cheese Gratin
    • Green Bean Casserole
    • Stuffing
    • Pumpkin Quinoa Salad
    • Potato Dauphinoise Gratin

    If you try out this recipe or anything else from my blog, I’d really love to hear any feedback! Please give it a rating, leave a comment, or tag a photo @rhiansrecipes #rhiansrecipes on Instagram! Thank you.

    Watch how to make it

    Sugar free cranberry sauce in a bowl on a marble slab

    Sugar Free Cranberry Sauce

    This Sugar Free Cranberry Sauce is super easy to make, sweet and tangy and naturally sweetened!
    5 from 6 votes
    Print Pin Rate
    Course: Side Dish
    Cuisine: American, British
    Keyword: orange cranberry sauce, sugar free cranberry sauce, vegan cranberry sauce
    Prep Time: 5 minutes
    Cook Time: 20 minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes
    Servings: 6
    Calories: 114kcal
    Author: Rhian Williams

    Ingredients

    • 400 g (4 cups) fresh cranberries (or sub frozen cranberries)
    • 400 ml (1 ⅔ cup) orange juice (freshly squeezed or from a carton)
    • 6 tablespoons date syrup to taste (or sub any other sweetener)

    Instructions

    • Place all ingredients in a pan.
    • Cook on a low heat, stirring regularly, for around 20 minutes or until softened and broken down - add little splashes of water if it starts to get dry whilst cooking.
    • Taste and add more date syrup if necessary.
    • Keeps covered in the fridge for up to a few days - also freezes well.

    Video

    Nutrition Facts
    Sugar Free Cranberry Sauce
    Amount Per Serving
    Calories 114
    % Daily Value*
    Sodium 3mg0%
    Potassium 235mg7%
    Carbohydrates 28g9%
    Fiber 3g12%
    Sugar 20g22%
    Vitamin A 175IU4%
    Vitamin C 42.2mg51%
    Calcium 34mg3%
    Iron 0.3mg2%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
    Made the recipe?Tag @rhiansrecipes on instagram and use the hashtag #rhiansrecipes!

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    1. Taylor

      November 14, 2018 at 9:06 pm

      5 stars
      Perfect! I'll make again this Christmas!

      Reply
      • Rhian Williams

        November 14, 2018 at 10:06 pm

        Aw great thank you!

    2. Amna

      November 16, 2018 at 2:38 pm

      5 stars
      Delicious recipe!

      Reply
      • Rhian Williams

        November 16, 2018 at 5:42 pm

        Thank you so much!

    3. Linda chernault

      January 09, 2019 at 3:54 am

      This is not sugar free in any sense. Sugar is sugar is sugar. You can call it healthy or healthy sweeteners but it is very misleading to call it sugar free. It looks very good just misleading.

      Reply
    4. Annie

      December 25, 2020 at 10:55 pm

      5 stars
      Absolutely delicious! I just made this for Christmas dinner and it is a hit!

      Reply
      • Rhian Williams

        December 26, 2020 at 4:07 pm

        Thank you so much, so happy to hear that!

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