Dried Cherry and Cranberry Sauce

Ingredients

• 1  cinnamon sticks 
• 12 ounce cranberries fresh
• 1.5 cups cranberry juice cocktail 
• 6 ounces cherries dried
• 0.3 teaspoon ground allspice 
• 1 cup brown sugar light
• 1 cup water 

Equipment

• sauce pan

Directions

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