Cinnamon Apple Cranberry Sauce

2 cups of cranberry juice

6 oz bag sweetened dried cranberries

1 cinnamon stick broke in half

1 cup sugar

2 Gala apples, peel, cored and diced

2 tsp of corn starch

In a medium sauce pan combine cranberry juice, cranberries, cinnamon and sugar.  Bring to a boil and let cook for 5 minutes.

Add apples and cook for another 5 minutes or until dried cranberries have softened and apples are tender, making sure to stir occasionally.

Remove 8 oz of the liquid and whisk cornstarch into removed liquid.  Slowly add cornstarch- juice mixture (slurry) to cranberry mix stirring constantly.  Cook for an additional 5 minutes.

Remove from heat, chill until thickened, about 30 minutes remove cinnamon sticks and serve.