Mom's Delicious Cranberry Sauce

I apparently took a temporary hiatus from blogging, but I'm back in time for Thanksgiving.  To save time and frustration make some dishes ahead, like my mom's amazing and delicious cranberry sauce.  


Ingredients:

• 12-ounces fresh cranberries
• 1/2 cup organic raw cane sugar
• 1/2 cup fresh orange juice (squeezed from about 2 oranges) 
• 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
• 1/4 teaspoon allspice
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1/4 cup water

Directions: Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan.  Bring to a boil over medium-high heat.  Once boiling, reduce heat, and simmer for 12 minutes stirring occasionally.  Mixture will become thickened.  Cool completely and remove cinnamon stick.  Serve or refrigerate up to two days.  

Verdict: This cranberry sauce is a perfect mix of sweet and tart, with nice warm undertones.  For cranberry sauce phobics a bite of this fragrant sauce and they will become cranberry loving converts.  Don't thank me for bringing people to the cranberry bandwagon, thank my mom.