This hot apple cider is seasoned with cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice berries, orange, and lemon for a cozy drink. Start with only six strips each of the orange and lemon peel, and adjust to taste.
Ingredients
- apple cider: 6 cups
- real maple syrup: 0.25 cup
- cinnamon sticks: 2 piece
- whole cloves: 6 piece
- whole allspice berries: 6 piece
- orange peel: 1 piece (cut into strips)
- lemon peel: 1 piece (cut into strips)
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Stages of cooking
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Pour apple cider and maple syrup into a large stainless steel saucepan. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Place cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice berries, orange peel, and lemon peel in the center of a square of washed 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. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Place the saucepan over moderate heat and cook until cider is very hot but not boiling, about 5 to 10 minutes. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Remove cider from the heat. Discard the spice bundle. Dotdash Meredith Food Studios
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Ladle cider into big cups or mugs, adding a fresh cinnamon stick to each serving if desired. DOTDASH MEREDITH FOOD STUDIOS
