Cranberry Wassail
- 1 family-size tea bags or 3 regular tea bags
- 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon allspice
- 1 (1 lb) can jellied cranberry sauce
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 1/4 cup ReaLemon juice
- 5 1/2 cups water
- In a paper coffee filter place the nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice. Tie top together with string from teabag.
- Steep teabag(s) and spices in 2 1/2 cups water in a sauce pan for about five minutes.
- In a large bowl combine cranberry sauce, 1 1/2 cups boiling water and 3/4 cup sugar. You can do it by hand but an electric mixer saves time and energy. Mix until there are no lumps.
- Add orange juice, realemon juice and another 1 1/2 cups boiling water.
- Remove teabag and spices from sauce pan. Add the tea and cranberry mixtures together. You can use a Dutch oven or a crock pot.
- You can add more water to dilute the mixture to taste. It will keep for about 10 days, though its never lasted that long.
nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, cranberry sauce, orange juice, realemon juice, water
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cranberry-wassail-201775 (may not work)