Cranberry Liqueur

Ingredients:

16 oz. fresh cranberries
4 c. sugar
1 c. water
3 c. 80 proof vodka
1 cinnamon stick
zest from one lemon

Instruction:

Combine sugar and water in a medium sauce pan.  Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or until sugar dissolves, stirring constantly.  Remove from heat and cool completely.  Place cranberries in food processor and process till finely chopped.  Combine sugar mixture, cranberries, cinnamon stick, lemon zest and vodka in a large bowl.  Stir to mix.  Pour mixture into large canning jars or canning containers.  Let liqueur mixture stand for 3 weeks in a cool dark place, tipping jars once a week to mix gently.  Strain the cranberry mixture though a cheese cloth lined sieve in to a bowl.  Discard solids.  Carefully pour liqueur into clean bottles or jars.  Liqueur can be stored for up to a year.