Hot Cranberry Punch

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (48 ounce) bottle cranberry juice cocktail
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
• 3 cinnamon sticks (4 inch sticks)
• 1 teaspoon allspice berry
• 3/4 teaspoon whole cloves
• 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 4 cups fresh orange juice
• 2 oranges, halved and thinly sliced into half moons

Recipe

• 1 combine all the ingredients except the orange juice and orange slices in a big saucepan; stir to blend.
• 2 bring to a boil, add in the orange juice, and return to a boil.
• 3 decrease the heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes.
• 4 **at this point, you can cool, strain, and refrigerate for up to 5 days.
• 5 serve warm, garnished with orange slices.
• 6 to serve cold--fill a 12 ounce tumbler with ice; add 4 ounces cranberry punch, and fill the rest of the way with either sparkling water or 7-up; garnish with orange slices.