Recipe by Winner Dinners
Serves about 12

1 cup raisins (dark or golden)
1 cup (about 5 ounces) slivered almonds, lightly toasted
2 12-ounce bags of cranberries, picked over and washed
1-1/2 cups Golden Delicious apples, peeled and diced
2 tablespoons fresh ginger, minced
grated orange zest from two oranges
2 cups sugar
1 cup apple juice (the refrigerated pasteurized variety, if possible)
2 teaspoons cinnamon

To soften the raisins, put them in a small bowl and pour enough boiling water over them to cover.  Let stand 15 minutes or longer.  Drain.  Lightly toast the almonds by baking them at 300 for 5 minutes.  Set aside.  Meanwhile prepare the cranberries, apples, ginger, and orange zest as directed so that you will have them ready.  Put the sugar and apple juice in a heavy saucepan and cook over medium-high heat, stirring constantly until it comes to a boil.  Turn down the heat and simmer for 1 minute.  Add the ginger, orange zest and cinnamon and continue to cook for another minute.  Add the cranberries and increase the heat.  Cook, stirring often, until most of the berries have popped, about 5 minutes.  Add the raisins, diced apples and almond slivers.  Cook for one more minute.  Let cool.  Chill until serving time.