Holiday Spiced Wine - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. water
3 c. sugar
12 whole cloves
4-inch stick cinnamon
6 whole allspice
1/2 tsp. powdered sugar
1 (4/5 qt.) bottle Burgundy or Claret
1 orange rind
1 lemon rind
2 c. orange juice
1 c. lemon juice

Preparation

Combine water, sugar, spices, orange and lemon rinds, in a saucepan.
Bring to a boil, stirring, until the sugar is dissolved; simmer 10 minutes.
Remove from heat and let stand 1 hour.
Strain. Add orange and lemon juice and wine; heat gently.
Do not boil. Serve hot in pottery mugs or coffee mugs.
Makes about 2 1/2 quarts.