Spiced Apple Tea Recipe

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“I love to try new recipes for my husband and our friends. This spiced tea is one of our favorites. I like to serve it warm or refrigerate and serve it cold, too.” Sharon Delaney-Chronis - South Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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Spiced Apple Tea Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 25 min.

Yield: 5 Servings

10 15 25

Ingredients

2 cups unsweetened apple juice
6 whole cloves
1 cinnamon stick (3 inches)
3 cups water
5 individual tea bags
Additional cinnamon sticks (3 inches), optional

Directions

In a small saucepan, combine the apple juice, cloves and cinnamon stick. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, for 10-15 minutes.
Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, bring water to a boil. Remove from the heat; add tea bags. Cover and steep for 5 minutes. Discard tea bags. Strain juice mixture, discarding cloves and cinnamon. Stir into tea. Serve warm with additional cinnamon sticks if desired. Yield: 5 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 cup equals 47 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 3 mg sodium, 12 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein. Diabetic Exchange: 1 fruit.

Originally published as Spiced Apple Tea in Healthy Cooking February/March 2009, p49