Cranberry apple relish

Ingredients

• 1 12-ounce package fresh cranberries, picked over
• 1 1/2 pounds sweet cooking apples
• 1 1/2 cups apple juice, or water
• 2 -3 inch long cinnamon sticks, or 1 teaspoon. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 cup sugar, or more (to taste)

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Preparation

• In a large sauce pan pour the apple juice or water and the cinnamon sticks. Bring to boiling over high heat.
• Add the cranberries and cook until most of the berries pop. Stir sugar and apples into cranberry mixture and return to boiling.
• Remove from heat and discard cinnamon sticks, if using. At this point, it's important to taste the relish to see if you need more sugar.
• The original recipe was not sweetened, relying upon the apple juice and apples to add enough sweetness.
• But it needs sugar, so start with the half cup and go from there. Even with this amount of sugar, the relish will still be on the tart side.
• Also, the apples will cook just enough to be tender, but not mushy.
• Cool to room temperature and transfer to a covered container. Refrigerate.