Hot Cider

Name: Hot Cider
Ingredients: 6 cups apple juice or 6 cups apple cider; 3 cups cranberry juice; 2 tablespoons brown sugar; 1 tablespoon butter (optional); 4 cinnamon sticks; freshly grated nutmeg, to taste (just a tiny bit); 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract; rum (if you want!) or other alcohol, to taste (if you want!)

8 ingredients

6 steps

Ingredients

6 cups apple juice or 6 cups apple cider
3 cups cranberry juice
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 tablespoon butter (optional)
4 cinnamon sticks
freshly grated nutmeg, to taste (just a tiny bit)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
rum (if you want!) or other alcohol, to taste (if you want!)

Directions

1

Combine all ingredients in pot on the stove, and simmer on med-low heat until scent fills your house!
2

The cinnamon sticks can be placed in the cups as drink stirrers if you want.
3

It takes about 20 minutes of simmering for the cinnamon flavor to start coming out of the sticks, and they can be used over several tmes--just rinse and leave to dry in a warm spot.
4

Don't go too nuts with the nutmeg--it gets stronger during cooking and can become overpowering.
5

A quick grating over the pot is perfect.
6

I imagine you could add rum or something similar to this for an adult party.