Spiked Mulled Apple Cider

Inspired Taste From Yummly

7 Ingredients 20 Minutes 290 Calories

SERVINGS: 4

• 2 cinnamon sticks (3-inch)
• 2 whole star anise
• 3 whole cloves
• 4 1/2 cups apple cider (or unfiltered apple juice)
• 1 Orange (small, sliced)
• 1 fresh ginger (quarter-size slice)
• 3/4 cup spiced rum

This is my favorite holiday drink. It is warm and tastes like hot apple pie minus the ice cream, but with rum. When choosing the apple cider, go for a local or organic cider (they are often in glass bottles). They seem to be much more authentic and flavorful.

We mull the apple cider with whole spices — cloves, cinnamon and star anise are a must, but adding other warm baking spices are always a good idea.

You can make this in a crock pot, but we find a saucepan on the stove works just fine since we don’t mull the cider for very long.

By the way, it’s important to measure the rum. You barely taste the rum, even if you add more than what we suggest below. I’m telling you this from experience, the rum builds people.

This can be made in a slow cooker. When using a slow cooker, we will make a larger batch. Add a gallon of apple cider to the slow cooker along with 5 cinnamon sticks, 5 whole star anise, about 1 tablespoon of cloves, a handful of orange slices, and 4 quarter-sized slices ginger. Cook for about 4 hours on LOW. This will make enough for 12 to 16 drinks. Add about 1.5 ounces of rum to each serving.

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