Cinnamon Apple Cranberry Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups cranberry juice
1 (6 ounce) bag dried sweetened cranberries
1 cinnamon stick, broken in half
1 cup sugar
2 gala apples, peeled, cored and diced
2 teaspoons cornstarch

Preparation

In a medium saucepan, add the cranberry juice, cranberries, cinnamon and sugar.
Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook for 5 minutes.
Add the apples and continue cooking, stirring occassionaly until the cranberries have softened and apples are tender (5 minutes).
Remove 8 ounces of the liquid to a small bowl and whisk in the cornstarch (to make slurry).
Slowly add the slurry to the cranberry mixture. Continue cooking, stirring constantly for an additional 5 minutes.
Remove from heat and pour into serving bowl.
Refrigerate until thickened (30 minutes).
Remove cinnamon sticks and serve.