Yes, you might freeze cranberry sauce!
Here’s how to freeze homemade and canned cranberry sauce to make the most of leftovers.
If you find yourself with leftover cranberry sauce, don’t fret!
While refrigeration is a suitable method, leftover cranberry sauce will only last for a few weeks this way.
First, it’s important that any cooked food has cooled down before it goes into the freezer.
Warm food can produce excess moisture, which then freezes and turns into ice.
Warm or hot food can also raise the temperature of your freezer, affecting other foods around it.
Next, you’ll need to package your cranberry sauce for the freezer.
Both bag options are great because they’ll prevent ice crystals or unwanted odors from ruining your cranberry sauce.
Finally, you’ll need to label the container or bag with the original date of the cranberry sauce.
Cranberry sauce can be stored in the freezer for up to 3 months.
Freezing Canned Cranberry Sauce
Similar to homemade cranberry sauce, you could also freeze canned cranberry sauce.
The rules of cool it, wrap it and label it also apply to store-bought sauce.
Anything stored in the freezer needs a tight seal toprevent freezer burnand unwanted odors.
With these simple steps, you could freeze cranberry sauce.
