This sweet, delightful hot cinnamon apple brandy cider is spiced with freshly squeezed apple cider, cloves, nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon!
Ingredients
- gallon fresh apple cider: 0.5 piece
- apple brandy: 1 cup
- brown sugar: 0.25 cup
- brown sugar: 1 Tbsp
- honey: 0.25 cup
- ground cinnamon: 1 tsp
- ground ginger: 0.75 tsp
- ground nutmeg: 0.5 tsp
- ground cloves: 0.5 tsp
- ground black pepper: 0.5 tsp
- pinch salt: 1 piece
- thin strips orange zest: 10 piece
- cinnamon sticks: 10 piece
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Stages of cooking
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Combine apple cider, apple brandy, 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon brown sugar, honey, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, cloves, pepper, and salt in a pot over medium-high heat. Simmer until flavors combine, about 10 minutes.
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Pour apple cider mixture into heat-proof mugs. Twist orange zest strips between your fingers to release the essential oils; drop 1 into each mug. Add 1 cinnamon stick to each mug.