Mandarin Orange Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2/3 cup white sugar
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained, reserve juice
mandarin orange liquid, from can of oranges and water up to 1-1/3 cup mark
2 tablespoons butter
1 (10 ounce) can frozen concentrated orange juice, undiluted, divided

Preparation

Stir the sugar and cornstarch together in heavy-bottom saucepan.
Drain the mandarin oranges over a 2-cup measuring cup. Add water up to the 1-1/3 cup mark.
Add liquid mixture to sugar and cornstarch in saucepan. Stir over medium heat until thickened. Remove from heat.
Add the butter and one half of the can of undiluted orange juice. (Make the rest into orange juice for drinking).
Add the mandarin oranges and stir gently.
Heat gently over low heat for a couple of minutes, if desired, stirring occasionally.