Holiday Spiced Cider Recipe

A wonderful, warm and spicy drink to share with your family and friends this holiday season. If you want to make it liquor-free omit the alcohol and set the liquor bottles on the side for each guest to add to their liking.

Holiday Spiced Cider Recipe
Ingredients:
1 gallon apple cider
1 cup water
1 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
8 whole cloves
3 cinnamon sticks
fresh ground nutmeg
2 whole oranges
1 lemon
pinch ginger
Red delicious apple studded with cloves thrown in for garnish
butter*
bourbon*
cinnamon schnappes*
apple jack*

*optional.
Directions:
Cut the oranges and lemon into sections or halves, stud them with the cloves, and throw everything into a slow cooker, stir well and warm thoroughly. Serve with a shot of buttered bourbon (just add a shot of bourbon and a pat of butter in your mug topped w/ nutmeg), or if you'd rather have a bite of cinnamon schnapps, or even add a nice bit of Lairds Apple Jack .
A fancy serving suggestion would be to hollow out a large gourd or pumpkin and place the punch bowl of warmed cider inside with beautiful red apples studded with whole cloves dancing around (like Martha would do), but we usually just have the slow cooker on the counter w/ accoutrements along side for garnish :).
This is a classic drink recipe for the Holidays to warm you and your family & friends inside and out.

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