Hot Cider

• 6 cups apple juice or 6 cups apple cider
• 3 cups cranberry juice
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon butter (optional)
• 4 cinnamon sticks
• freshly grated nutmeg, to taste (just a tiny bit)
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• rum (if you want!) or other alcohol, to taste (if you want!)

1. Combine all ingredients in pot on the stove, and simmer on med-low heat until scent fills your house!
2. The cinnamon sticks can be placed in the cups as drink stirrers if you want.
3. It takes about 20 minutes of simmering for the cinnamon flavor to start coming out of the sticks, and they can be used over several tmes--just rinse and leave to dry in a warm spot.
4. Don't go too nuts with the nutmeg--it gets stronger during cooking and can become overpowering.
5. A quick grating over the pot is perfect.
6. I imagine you could add rum or something similar to this for an adult party.

apple juice, cranberry juice, brown sugar, butter, cinnamon sticks, nutmeg, vanilla, rum

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/hot-cider-99123 (may not work)