Hot Spiced Apple Cider

Name: Hot Spiced Apple Cider
Cook time: P0Y0M0DT0H15M0.000S
Total time: P0Y0M0DT0H20M0.000S
Yield: 5 to 6 servings
Ingredients: 4 cups fresh apple cider; 4 whole black peppercorns; 6 or 7 (2 to 3-inch) cinnamon sticks; 3 whole dried cloves; 1 star anise; 1 navel orange; Good bourbon, such as Maker's Mark (optional); 1 crisp red apple

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Level: Easy

Total: 20 min
Active: 15 min

Yield: 5 to 6 servings

Level: Easy

Total: 20 min
Active: 15 min

Yield: 5 to 6 servings

Ingredients

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4 cups fresh apple cider

4 whole black peppercorns

6 or 7 (2 to 3-inch) cinnamon sticks

3 whole dried cloves

1 star anise

1 navel orange

Good bourbon, such as Maker's Mark (optional)

1 crisp red apple

Directions

Place the apple cider, peppercorns, one of the cinnamon sticks, the cloves, and the star anise in a medium saucepan. Cut a large (1 by 4-inch) peel from the orange using a vegetable peeler and add it to the pan. Bring the cider mixture to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer for 5 minutes. Strain into a 4-cup glass measuring cup and discard the solids.
Pour the hot cider into mugs or heatproof glasses. Add 2 tablespoons of bourbon to each mug. Cut the orange in half through the stem, slice crosswise in 1/4-inch-thick half-rounds, and add one slice to each mug. Cut the apple in half through the stem, remove the core, slice crosswise in 1/4-inch-thick half-rounds, and add one slice to each glass.
Serve hot with a cinnamon stick in each glass for stirring.