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Spirited Hot Apple Cider

4.8

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Recipe information

  • Yield

    <p>Makes 6 to 8 Servings</p>

Ingredients

1 orange
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3 cinnamon sticks
10 whole allspice
10 whole cloves
6 cups apple cider
1/4 cup dark rum
1/2 cup applejack
Additional cinnamon sticks (optional)

Preparation

  1. Using vegetable peeler, remove peel (orange part only) in strips from orange. Melt butter in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add peel, sugar, 3 cinnamon sticks, allspice and cloves; stir 1 minute. Add cider; bring to simmer. Reduce heat to low; simmer 15 minutes. Mix in rum and applejack. Strain into mugs. Garnish with additional cinnamon sticks, if desired.

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