An easy, quick, festive, delicious recipe for Spiked Apple Cider! Use apple juice, some spices, some fruit, and Don Q rum to make a special holiday drink!
Author: Willow Bird Baking
Serves: 8
Ingredients
8 cups 100% apple juice
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon allspice
1/2 teaspoon ginger
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 apples, sliced in half
2 oranges, sliced
2 teaspoons whole cloves, stuck into the apple halves and orange slices for easy removal later
3 cups Don Q Oak Barrel Spiced Rum
Instructions
In a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, bring apple juice to a simmer. In a small bowl, whisk together the brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, and ginger. Stir this spice mixture into the juice until dissolved. Stir in the vanilla extract.
Add the clove-studded apples and oranges and simmer for 20 minutes before removing the fruit.
To serve, ladle apple cider into a mug and add about 3 tablespoons of Don Q Oak Barrel Spiced Rum. Stir and serve hot.
Recipe by Willow Bird Baking at https://willowbirdbaking.com/2017/12/21/spiked-apple-cider-2/