Cranberry apple sauce is a sauce or relish made out of cranberries and apples. You must have heard about Cranberry sauce that is commonly associated with Thanksgiving dinner in North America and Christmas dinner in the United Kingdom.

Cranberries are a unique fruit. They are very similar to an Indian berry called Karonda. They are sour and tarty in taste, but tastes great when used in sauces,jellies , pickles or relishes. Apart from tastes, they have great health benefits too.Check out few of them in the foot notes below.
I bought this big bag of cranberries few days back and was thinking of some Cranberry recipes. I thought of making a plain cranberry sauce first, but then I thought of mixing some apples in the sauce. I have had made apple sauce earlier and used that sauce in making Whole Wheat Egg less Apple Cinnamon cake. With an idea of making a cake using cranberry apple sauce, similar to the above cake, I made cranberry apple sauce and believe me, it turned out great.

It is very important to mix and keep stirring the mixture while making the sauce , other wise it would get burnt. For this sauce I used a cup of cranberries and 2 big and sweet apples. You can increase the amount of sugar if you want it to be more sweet. I love the taste of cinnamon in desserts, but if you don’t like cinnamon, you can skip and use any other flavoring of your choice or no flavors at all. You can serve this sauce with grren beans, chips, crackers or even as a bread spread. It tastes aweosme!

INGREDIENTS

1 cup Fresh Cranberries
2 big Sweet Apples( I used Gala Apples)
4tbsp. granulated brown sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
1/2 cup water
1 tsp. lemon juice

METHOD

• Wash and dry the cranberries using a Paper towel. Wash and peel the skin of apples and cut them into small pieces.
  

  Fresh Cranberries

• Heat a heavy-bottomed saucepan, pan on medium flame and put the cranberries, sugar, apples and water in it. Keeping the flame medium , keep stirring the mixture. after some time you will see that cranberries have started popping up or softening up.
  

  Cranberries, apples and sugar

• Cover the pan with lid and keeping the flame low, let this mixture cook for 15 minutes. keep stirring in between to make sure that the sauce is not getting burnt from bottom.
  
• After 15 minutes open the lid and add cinnamon powder. if you thing that the sauce is too thick, you can add few table spoons of water.
  

  The berries have started popping

• check the consistency of the sauce after 15 minutes, if it becomes thick and to the consistency you want, turn off the flame add the lemon juice to it. Let it cool and the store it in a air tight jar.The cranberry apple sauce can be served chilled or at room temperature, and it will keep in the fridge for several days. Serve it with your favorite crackers or snacks and enjoy.

Thanks,

Swati.

Foot Notes

Cranberry juice is renowned for its effectiveness in treating urinary tract infections because it inhibits bacteria from attaching to the bladder and urethra. Cranberries also protect against cancer, particularly breast cancer, due in part to potent antioxidant polyphenols.