December Cider

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 (12 ounce) can frozen apple juice concentrate, thawed
• 1 (12 ounce) can frozen cranberry-apple juice cocktail, thawed
• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
• 5 cinnamon sticks
• 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 7 whole cloves
• 1/3 cup rum (optional) or 1/3 cup cinnamon schnapps (optional)
• 12 cinnamon sticks (for stirrers) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 in a 4-qt dutch oven, combine apple juice concentrate, cranberry-apple concentrate, and 9 cups of water.
• 2 stir in lemonade concentrate, the 5 sticks of cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves.
• 3 bring to boiling. reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 15 minutes.
• 4 removed cloves and cinnamon before serving. stir in rum or schnapps, if using. serve warm with a cinnamon stick in each mug.