Hot Cranberry-Rum Toddy

• 3 qt cranberry juice cocktail
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 (3 1/2-inch) cinnamon sticks
• 4 whole star anise
• 1 (3-inch) piece gingerroot, peeled and thinly sliced
• 2 cups amber or dark rum

1. Bring cranberry juice, sugar, spices, and ginger to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved, then simmer, covered, 10 minutes.
2. Stir in rum and serve hot.

cranberry juice cocktail, sugar, cinnamon sticks, star anise, gingerroot, amber

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/hot-cranberry-rum-toddy-201085 (may not work)