Hot Cinnamon Cider

Ingredients

• 4 cups (1 quart) apple cider
• 1 cup orange juice
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 12 whole allspice berries

• 4 cinnamon sticks, each 3 inches long
• 1 whole nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon grated orange rind
• 1 small red apple, cored and cut into wedges

How to make it  23 minutes



• 1

  In a medium-size saucepan, bring the cider, orange juice, honey, allspice berries, cinnamon sticks, whole nutmeg, and orange rind to a boil over high heat. Lower the heat and simmer, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Add apple wedges and simmer for 3 minutes more.
• 2

  Strain through a tea strainer or a sieve lined with 100% cotton cheesecloth into a large heat-proof pitcher. Carefully pour in cider. Stir gently.

Hot Cinnamon-Cranberry Cider
Prepare as for Hot Cinnamon Cider, substituting 2 cups cranberry juice cocktail for 2 cups of the apple cider.