Hey Mommas!! Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Hopefully, the food was great and you all had a good time with family and close friends. We had a great time in deep East Texas with family and wonderful food. The fall foliage in East Texas is just beautiful. It really does rival some of the prettiest foliage in the country. I know for so many of you mommas, Thanksgiving means a whole lot of work. Lots of cooking. Lots of cleaning. Lots of hostessing. Phew. It's fun but exhausting by the end of it. So I'm going to give you mommas a lovely warm Spiked Cider that you can warm up to after all that cooking and cleaning is finished up.
Spiked Cider is a breeze to make and you can make a whole big batch of it for a crowd. It's easy to alter for what you have on hand. All you need is some bottled apple cider, alcohol, spices, and sugar. This recipe would work all fall and winter long. I will definitely make another big batch of it for Christmas. Not only is it delicious, but after just a short time of warming this cider in your crock-pot, your whole house will have this lovely apple and cinnamon smell to it that just smells like the holidays. It's a win-win situation. So make up a big batch this holiday weekend before reality hits on Monday. See you girls next Friday for another edition of Friday Cocktail Time!!
xx, Momma Mojito
MOMMA MOJITO'S SPIKED CIDER (for a crowd!)
Ingredients:
- 1.5 quarts water
- 5 orange spice tea bags
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 5 cups spiced apple cider
- 2.5-2.75 cups of brandy or light rum (use 2.75 cups if you like it strong)
- 4 cinnamon sticks
- Butter
- Additional cinnamon sticks for serving
Directions:
In a tea kettle, bring to boil the water. Once boiled, remove from heat and add tea bags. Allow to steep for 5 minutes. While you are waiting on the tea, pour in the brown sugar, apple cider, brandy or rum, 4 cinnamon sticks in a large crock-pot. Once the tea is done steeping, pour it in with the rest of the ingredients in the crock-pot. Give it all a stir. Turn the crock-pot to low. Allow the flavors to blend and warm in the crock-pot for at least an hour. To serve, add a very small pat of butter to a mug. Ladle in the cider. Serve with a cinnamon stick. Now curl up next to the fire with a blanket and a good book. Perfection.