• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 4 cups fresh or frozen cranberries

Optional:

• ½ cup pecans
• ½ cup raisins
• Orange zest, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice

Wash and pick over cranberries. In a saucepan bring to a boil water and sugar, stirring to dissolve sugar. Add cranberries, return to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer for 10 minutes or until cranberries burst. Add optional ingredients to taste. Remove from heat. Cool completely to room temperature and then chill in refrigerator. Will thicken as it cools.