Hot Apple Cider

Name: Hot Apple Cider
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 20 servings
Ingredients: 2/3 cup packed brown sugar; 1 teaspoon whole cloves; 1 teaspoon ground allspice; 3 cinnamon sticks (3 inches), broken; 1 gallon apple cider

Total Time Prep/Total Time: 15 min.

Yield 20 servings

Test Kitchen Approved

Our simple hot apple cider recipe adds wonderful warming notes of cinnamon, clove and allspice to a store-bought gallon of apple cider. Brown sugar adds a little sweetness and a lovely hint of molasses.

Ingredients

2/3 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon whole cloves
1 teaspoon ground allspice
3 cinnamon sticks (3 inches), broken
1 gallon apple cider

Directions

Fill the filter-lined basket of a large automatic percolator with the brown sugar, cloves, allspice and cinnamon sticks. Prepare as you would coffee according to manufacturer's directions, but substitute cider for water.

Nutrition Facts

1 cup: 124 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 23mg sodium, 31g carbohydrate (28g sugars, 0 fiber), 0 protein.

In this recipe, brown sugar and spices add extra flavor to already delicious apple cider. —Marlys Benning, Wellsburg, Iowa

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