December Cider - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (12 oz.) can frozen apple juice, thawed
1 (12 oz.) can frozen cranberry-apple juice, thawed
1 (6 oz.) can frozen lemonade, thawed
6 (12 oz.) cans water
1 tsp. nutmeg
7 whole cloves
5 sticks cinnamon
1/3 c. rum or cinnamon Schnapps (optional)
12 cinnamon sticks (optional)

Preparation

In a 4-quart kettle, combine apple juice, cranberry-apple juice and water. Stir in lemonade, nutmeg, cloves and 5 sticks cinnamon. Bring to boiling.
Reduce heat.
Cover and simmer 15 minutes.
Remove cloves and cinnamon before serving and discard. Stir in rum or Schnapps.
Pour into 12 (8 ounce) mugs or glasses. Serve warm with one of the remaining cinnamon sticks in each mug. Makes about 3 quarts.