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Spiced Apple Cider Recipe

When the temperature drops outside, I like to warm up family and friends with steaming mugs of simple spiced cider. The recipe can easily be doubled for a larger group.—Deirdre Dee Cox, Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Spiced Apple Cider Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 10 min.

Yield: 8 Servings

5 5 10

Ingredients

6 cups apple cider or juice
8 cinnamon sticks (3 inches)
2 lemon peel strips
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
8 whole cloves
4 slices red apple, cored and cut in half

Directions

In a large saucepan, combine the apple cider, cinnamon sticks, lemon peel and nutmeg. Insert a clove into each apple slice; add to cider.
Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 1 minute. Discard lemon peel. Ladle into mugs. Yield: 8 servings.

Nutritional Facts 3/4 cup equals 95 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 19 mg sodium, 23 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Spiced Apple Cider in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2010, p101