Holiday Recipes - Day 1

My goal is to share at least 10 new holiday recipes with you this month (and that's before I leave on the 24th!). I love new recipes and it's fun trying new things for the holidays. So here is the first one. I've never before made anything with fresh cranberries so this was fun for me. And it was sooooooo easy, and even better, it was sooooooooo good!! Really...one of my favorite cranberry sauce recipes ever!

Orange Cranberry Sauce with Apricots and Golden Raisins
1 C orange juice
1 C water
4 C fresh whole cranberries
3/4 C cane juice crystals
1 C diced dried apricots
1 C golden raisins
1 T orange zest or 2 T extra o.j. concentrate

In a large saucepan over medium heat, mix the orange juice, water, cranberries, cane juice crystals, apricots, raisins, and orange zest. Stir constantly until sugar has dissolved, about 5 minutes. Bring to a boil , and cook 10 minutes, or until cranberries have bust. Remove from heat, and chill at least 8 hours, or overnight, before serving cold.