Hot Buttered Cider With Ginger & Cinnamon

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Title: HOT BUTTERED CIDER WITH GINGER & CINNAMON
Categories: Beverages, Diabetic
Yield: 16 servings

Stephen Ceideburg
4 c Water
1 c Granulated sugar
3 tb Whole cloves
3 tb Whole allspice
2 Sticks cinnamon
1/4 c Sliced candied or
-crystallized ginger
6 c Apple cider
2 c Orange juice
1/2 c Lemon juice (1 lemon)
1 Stick butter, cut into thin
-slices
16 Cinnamon sticks, for serving

Warm yourself with this fragrantly spiced,
nonalcoholic beverage after a frosty night of caroling.

Mix the water and sugar in a large non aluminum
saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, and simmer
5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the
cloves, allspice, cinnamon and ginger. Let the mixture
stand for 1 hour or longer. Strain into a bowl and
return to the saucepan. Stir in the apple cider,
orange juice and lemon juice. Serve in mugs with a
slice of butter on top and a cinnamon stick.

Note: The punch may be prepared several hours ahead
and reheated before serving, if desired.

From "Season's Greetings" by Marlene Sorosky.

Per serving: 163 calories (1 percent from protein, 68
percent from carbohydrate, 31 percent from fat), less
than 1 gram protein, 29 grams carbohydrate, 6 grams
fat, 16 milligrams cholesterol, 64 milligrams sodium.

Exchanges: 1 fruit, 1 fat.

Makes 16 6-ounce servings

From the Portland Oregonian's FOODday, 12/22/93.

Posted by Stephen Ceideburg

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