Cranberry-Orange Liqueur

Ingredients

• 1 (12 ounce) package fresh cranberries
• 1 orange
• 1 fifth vodka
• 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup water

Instructions

1. Chop cranberries coarsely. Pare orange with vegetable parer, using only the thin orange zest, not white.
2. Combine cranberries, orange parings and vodka in a glass or plastic one gallon container. Cover and let steep at room temperature for 3 to 4 weeks. (Stir the fruit from the bottom every so often.)
3. Strain into a clean container.
4. Combine sugar and water in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Boil 1 minute. Cool.
5. Stir sugar syrup into cranberry-orange-vodka liquid. Taste. For a sweeter liqueur, more sugar syrup may be made and added.