Sugared cranberries (Kopie)

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2 cups sugar
2 cups water
2 cups fresh cranberries, rinsed, patted dry and picked over
1 cup+ medium-grained sugar for dusting

Create simple syrup by heating 2 cups sugar with 2 cups water until sugar is completely dissolved. Allow mixture to cool off-heat for a few minutes so that cranberries won’t pop when simple syrup is poured over them. Put cranberries in a large heat-proof bowl and pout simple syrup over them. Allow to cool completely, cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate overnight.

Drain liquid from cranberries. Roll cranberries in sugar (note: one simple way to do this is to pour sugar onto a baking sheet and place a handful of cranberries on sheet and move back and forth to coat. If sugar clumps replace with fresh sugar. Repeat handful by handful until all cranberries are coated. Spread coated cranberries onto two baking sheets and allow to dry for a couple of hours. Sugar will dry and cranberries will turn into a crispy candy.