Grandma Sheldon's Wassail

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 gallon cider or 1 gallon apple juice
• 6 whole cloves
• 6 whole allspice
• 2 teaspoons nutmeg
• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate
• 1 (6 ounce) can frozen orange juice
• 1 cup packed brown sugar

Recipe

• 1 place spices into cheese cloth and tie it at the top.
• 2 pour cider or juice, lemonade and orange juice concentrate and brown sugar into a large pot.
• 3 place cheese cloth with spices in the pot of juices. bring the juices to a boil.
• 4 allow to boil for 5-10 minutes. reduce heat, allow to simmer at very low heat all day. serve hot.
• 5 optional: put the spices into the coffee filter of your coffee maker, pour the juice and sugar mixture into the place where you'd normally pour water, and run a coffee cycle. the coffee maker will even keep it warm!
• 6 optional: put all ingredients (with spices in a cheesecloth) into a crockpot on high for an hour, then lower to warm so that it stays warm all day for serving.