hot spiced cider

• 8 cups (2 qt. bottle) apple cider
• 4 cups (1 qt.) cranberry juice cocktail
• 4 whole cloves
• 3 cinnamon sticks
• peel of 1 small orange
• dark rum (optional)

bring everything (except rum) to a boil. drop the heat to low and simmer for 35 minutes. fish out the cloves, cinnamon sticks & orange peel before serving. if you want to make this an alcoholic cider, add 2 tbsp. dark rum to each mug before you fill it up with cider.

welcome, fall!