Ingredients
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1 gallon apple cider
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1 tablespoon whole cloves
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1 tablespoon whole allspice
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1/2 teaspoon mace
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1/4 teaspoon powdered ginger
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1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg
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1/4 teaspoon salt
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1 cup dark brown sugar
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1 pint gin or 1 pint vodka, this is
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2 lemons, sliced thin, seeds removed
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4 cinnamon sticks, 2-inch long
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3 oranges, sliced thin, seeds removed
Instructions
- Pour cider into large kettle, add spices and salt. Bring to a hard boil, reduce heat and simmer 15 minutes
- Remove from stove, add sugar to taste, if needed.
- Cool. Strain wassail. Keep in a cool place till ready to use, but it is not necessary to refrigerate.
- To prepare a wassail bowl: Use a heavy china bowl, a crock pot or a punch bowl.
- Heat it over a large kettle of boiling water. Add lemon and orange slices.
- When warm, add gin or vodka and let it heat, but do not boil or spirits will evaporate. Remove from heat.
- Pour in the boiling wassail. If possible keep the bowl hot over a candle or alcohol burner. Ladle into punch cups and serve.