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Grand-Mary's Homemade No-Sugar-Added Cranberry-Orange-Walnut Sauce

This was the recipe used by the lady who effectively became a foster grandmother to me. I've adapted it here for artificial sweetener and low-sugar jam, but you can of course use sugar instead, along with regular marmalade. The proportions can vary according to what you have on hand, and you can experiment with other additions as well, such as raspberry jam for the marmalade, or pecans for the walnuts.

Ingredients:

1 cup water

1 12-ounce package fresh or frozen cranberries, rinsed and drained

1 cup walnut pieces, chopped

1 cup fruit-juice-sweetened orange marmalade

24 packets of artificial sweetener, or sufficient to equal one cup of sugar

dash of Grand Marnier (optional)

Directions:

Heat water in a medium saucepan and bring to a rolling boil; add cranberries, walnuts, and marmalade, return to boil, and stir well. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer gently for ten minutes. Cool at room temperature. Thoroughly stir in the sweetener; some sweeteners are adversely affected by high heat, so wait until it's cool before mixing it in. (If you use sugar, add it before simmering.) Mix in Grand Marnier if desired. Refrigerate until serving time.

Makes about two cups. This recipe is particularly good as a holiday side dish, or any time of year with roast poultry or pork.

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