Hot Cranberry Punch - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (48 ounce) bottle cranberry juice cocktail
1 cup water
1/2 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar
3 cinnamon sticks (4 inch sticks)
1 teaspoon allspice berry
3/4 teaspoon whole cloves
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
4 cups fresh orange juice
2 oranges, halved and thinly sliced into half moons

Preparation

Combine all the ingredients except the orange juice and orange slices in a big saucepan; stir to blend.
Bring to a boil, add in the orange juice, and return to a boil.
Decrease the heat to medium and simmer for 5 minutes.
**At this point, you can cool, strain, and refrigerate for up to 5 days.
Serve warm, garnished with orange slices.
To serve cold--fill a 12 ounce tumbler with ice; add 4 ounces cranberry punch, and fill the rest of the way with either sparkling water or 7-Up; garnish with orange slices.