Homemade cranberry sauce

The Princess was our cranberry sauce maker this year.  Homemade cranberry sauce is a Thanksgiving tradition around here, and The Princess did a great job making it (with two adults standing with her to help/supervise)!

Start with a big pot, 2 cups of water, white granulated sugar, and 24 oz fresh cranberries.

Add the two cups of water to the big pot.

Then add about 1 1/2 c of sugar to the water.  (Note that this will make a less sweet, more tart sauce.  If you like your cranberry sauce more sweet, up the sugar to 1 3/4 to 2 1/4 cups.)

Mix the sugar into the water. 

Heat till boiling (carefully!).

 Add the cranberries to the boiling sugar water (carefully!).

Keep the burner on high, and let the water come back to boiling.  The skins of the cranberry sauce will start to split (sometimes it makes a fun popping noise).  Stir occasionally.

It's done when all the cranberries are soft, with split skin.

An adult should pour the sauce into whatever container you want to cool it in.

Fresh cranberry sauce.  Done.