How much cranberry sauce do you need for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner? Enter your guests and portion size to see cups of sauce, bags of fresh cranberries with sugar and water, or cans to buy. Results are rounded up.
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Plan about 1/4 cup of cranberry sauce per person as a side, or 1/3 cup if you want leftovers for sandwiches.
A 12 oz bag of fresh cranberries cooked with 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water makes about 2 1/4 cups of sauce, enough for about 9 people at 1/4 cup each.
A 14 oz can holds roughly 1 1/2 cups. At 1/4 cup per person, 12 people need 3 cups, so buy 2 cans.
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