Sleepy Hollow Cider

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 2 (64 ounce) bottles apple cider or 2 (64 ounce) bottles apple juice
• 2 (3 inch) cinnamon sticks
• 3/4 teaspoon whole cloves
• 1/2 whole nutmeg
• 1 vanilla bean
• 12 pieces pumpkin rind
• 1/2 whole nutmeg
• 750 ml vodka

Recipe

• 1 in a 5- to 6-quart pan, combine apple cider, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and nutmeg. cook, covered, over medium-high heat until steaming, about 14 minutes.
• 2 reduce heat to low to keep hot. set pan on a tabletop burner or warming tray.
• 3 or pour into a thermos or insulated pitcher. ladle or pour into cups and add vodka to taste (if desired).
• 4 pumpkin spice-infused vodka: cut 1 vanilla bean (6 in.) in half lengthwise.
• 5 with a vegetable peeler, shave 12 thin ribbons (4 to 6 inches long and about 1 inches wide) off a rinsed piece of pumpkin or banana squash.
• 6 pumpkin spice vodka:.
• 7 in a 1- to 1 1/2-quart jar, combine vanilla, pumpkin, 1/2 of a whole nutmeg, and 1 bottle (750 ml. or 1 qt.) vodka.
• 8 seal jar and let stand at least 4 days or up to 3 months.
• 9 the flavor intensifies the longer it stands; remove flavorings once vodka tastes as strong as you like.