Warm Cider - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 gal. sweet cider
2 sticks cinnamon
8 cloves
1 orange
5 whole spice

Preparation

Pour cider into large saucepan.
Add cinnamon sticks.
Stick cloves into unpeeled orange.
Add the clove stuffed orange and allspice to cider.
Simmer the cider for 15 minutes.
Stir a few times with a spoon.
Let cider cool for 10 minutes.
Put strainer over punch bowl.
Pour cider slowly into bowl through the strainer.
Discard orange, allspice and cinnamon sticks.
Serve in punch cups while still warm.
Serves 8.