Hot Spiced Cider

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Hot Spiced Cider

Ingredients

  • 64 oz apple cider (no sugar added) (1/2 gallon)
  • 1/4 cup real maple syrup
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 3 whole cloves
  • 6 whole allspice berries
  • 1 orange peel cut into strips
  • 1 lemon peel cut into strips

Instructions

  1. Pour apple cider and maple syrup into a large stainless steel saucepan.


  2. Place the cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice berries, orange peel and lemon peel in the center of a washed square of cheesecloth; fold up the sides of the cheesecloth to enclose the bundle, then tie it up with a length of kitchen string. Drop the spice bundle into the cider mixture.

  3. Place the saucepan over moderate heat for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the cider is very hot but not boiling.

  4. Remove the cider from the heat. Discard the spice bundle. Ladle the cider into big cups or mugs, adding a fresh cinnamon stick to each serving if desired