Cranberry Wassail - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 family-size tea bags or 3 regular tea bags
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
1 1/4 teaspoons cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon allspice
1 (1 lb) can jellied cranberry sauce
1/2 cup orange juice
1/4 cup ReaLemon juice
5 1/2 cups water

Preparation

In a paper coffee filter place the nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice. Tie top together with string from teabag.
Steep teabag(s) and spices in 2 1/2 cups water in a sauce pan for about five minutes.
In a large bowl combine cranberry sauce, 1 1/2 cups boiling water and 3/4 cup sugar. You can do it by hand but an electric mixer saves time and energy. Mix until there are no lumps.
Add orange juice, realemon juice and another 1 1/2 cups boiling water.
Remove teabag and spices from sauce pan. Add the tea and cranberry mixtures together. You can use a Dutch oven or a crock pot.
You can add more water to dilute the mixture to taste. It will keep for about 10 days, though its never lasted that long.