Dried Cherry and Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups cranberry juice cocktail
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup light brown sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick, broken in half
• 0.25 teaspoon ground allspice
• 6 ounces dried cherries
• 1 (12 ounce) package fresh cranberries

Steps

1. Stir the cranberry juice cocktail, water, brown sugar, cinnamon stick, and allspice together in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Add the cherries to the cranberry juice mixture; cook another 2 minutes. Add the cranberries; continue cooking, stirring occasionally, until the cranberries pop, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and chill in refrigerator 8 hours to overnight. Remove and discard cinnamon stick before serving.