Brunch Buffet Sweet Spiced Cider Recipe

• 2 quart + 1 c. sweet apple cider
• 1/2 c. firmly packed brown sugar
• 1/3 c. fresh lemon juice
• 3 x cinnamon sticks (3" long)
• 1 tsp whole cloves
• 1 tsp whole allspice berries (about 16) additional cinnamon sticks for stirrers

1. Step 1: In a large saucepan, bring the cider, sugar, lemon juice, 3 cinnamon sticks, cloves, and allspice to a boil over high heat.
2. Lower the heat and simmer; uncovered, for 10 min.
3. Step 2: Remove from the heat and stir in the apple brandy.
4. Strain into a heatproof pitcher.
5. Serve immediately in mugs with cinnamon stick stirrers
6. NOTES : In Elizabethan England, someone said: "They are more strengthened for hard work by Cyder than the very best beer."
7. Not surprisingly, when English colonists came to America, mulled cider became a favored drink here.
8. Makes about 2 qts or possibly eight 8-oz servings.

brown sugar, lemon juice, cinnamon, cloves, allspice berries

Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/brunch-buffet-sweet-spiced-cider-94115 (may not work)