Cranberry Wassail - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 tsp. whole cloves
3 (3-inch) sticks cinnamon, broken
1 (48 oz.) jar cranberry juice cocktail
1 (48 oz.) jar apple juice
1 (6 oz.) can frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed and undiluted
2/3 c. water
1 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
1 (33.8 oz.) bottle ginger ale
apple wedges

Preparation

Tie cloves and cinnamon in a cheesecloth bag; set aside. Combine cranberry juice cocktail, next 6 ingredients and spice bag in a Dutch oven.
Bring to a boil.
Cover.
Reduce heat and simmer 20 minutes.
Uncover and simmer an additional 20 minutes.
Discard spice bag.
Add ginger ale and cook until hot.
Garnish with apple wedges, if desired.
Yield: 17 cups.