Cranberry Sauce

You gotta have cranberry sauce on the Thanksgiving tale and this version takes the cake!  It's full of Thanksgiving spices, but they don't overpower the fresh zip of the cranberries.

Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 bag cranberries (12 oz.)
• 1 cup sugar
• 1/2 cup water
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1 small can of mandarins
• 3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
• 1/4 tsp. ground allspice
• 1/4 tsp. salt

Heat cranberries, sugar, and water over medium-low heat.  Allow to cook until cranberries begin to pop and mixture becomes syrupy.  Then add spices, salt, and can of mandarins with their syrup.  Allow to cook for a few more minutes until flavors come together.
Remove from heat, remove cinnamon stick, and refrigerate until cooled.  This can be made up to 2 weeks in advance.