Cranberry Maple Vinaigrette

Cranberry Maple Vinaigrette is an easy recipe for homemade salad dressing that combines your leftover cranberry sauce with maple syrup and balsamic vinegar. Our cranberry salad dressing is a sweet and tangy vinaigrette that complements any salad!

Cranberry Maple Vinaigrette Recipe

Wait! Don't throw out your leftover cranberry sauce! 

In case you're wondering what to do with all that leftover cranberry sauce, I have leftover cranberry sauce recipes for you.

Let’s start with a balsamic vinaigrette that’s flavored with maple and cranberry sauce. I recommend making this fabulous Maple Cranberry Vinaigrette, of course!

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Just whisk your cranberry sauce into a homemade balsamic vinaigrette for a sweet and tangy salad dressing that will dress up your salad for dinner tonight.

Our cranberry salad dressing is such a delicious vinaigrette that no one will ever know it's made from Thanksgiving leftovers!

Also perfect for any upcoming holiday entertaining you may have scheduled on your calendar too! It will be a delicious Christmas salad dressing too!

Actually, you might want to buy some cranberry sauce just to make this homemade salad dressing any time of the year because it's that good!

Our cranberry walnut salad will also taste amazing tossed with this cranberry maple salad dressing.

Need to use up even more leftover cranberry sauce? Here’s another leftover cranberry sauce recipe at Swirls. Get out your slow cooker for these Cranberry Sweet & Sour Meatballs. Simply put frozen meatballs in your favorite slow cooker, top with just a few ingredients and let them cook themselves. You’ll end up with amazingly saucy meatballs that your guests will go crazy over! Bet you can't eat just one! 

Do you love making homemade salad dressing? Then you will want to check out my Ultimate Guide To Making Homemade Salad Dressings? Making a Homemade Salad Dressing is so easy and takes just minutes. Made with simple real food ingredients, your salad dressing from scratch is not just better than store bought, it’s better for you and oh so delicious too!

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How to make a cranberry salad dressing

Scroll down for the full recipe instructions and ingredient amounts in the recipe card below

1. Combine olive oil, cranberry sauce, balsamic vinegar, maple syrup, Dijon, garlic, kosher salt and pepper in a bowl
2. Whisk all ingredients together until smooth and blended.

Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips

• If you don’t have any leftover cranberry sauce, just buy a can of jelly cranberry sauce and you can make this recipe!
• It is important to use 100% pure maple syrup for a delicious maple flavor when making this recipe
• You can use extra virgin olive oil or olive oil for this recipe

Substitutions

• Substitute honey for the maple syrup
• Substitute white balsamic vinegar for the dark balsamic vinegar

Storage

• A good rule of thumb is to store homemade salad dressings for about 1 week in the refrigerator.
• Since there are no preservatives or chemicals in your homemade salad dressing to preserve their shelf life, it is best to store your vinaigrette or creamy dressing in the refrigerator in a glass jar with a sealed lid.

Ingredients for cranberry vinaigrette

• olive oil
• jelly cranberry sauce
• balsamic vinegar
• 100% pure maple syrup
• Dijon mustard
• garlic
• kosher salt
• pepper

Recipes with Cranberries

• Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies
• Cranberry Baked Brie
• Homemade Cranberry Sauce
• Cranberry Orange Bread from Life Love and Good Food
• Cranberry Pistachio Shortbread Cookies from Jersey Girl Cooks

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