Hot Spiked Cider
Ingredients
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1 quart water
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3 orange spice tea bags
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½ cup light brown sugar
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2 cups apple cider
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1 ½ cups light rum
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8 cinnamon sticks
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3 teaspoons butter
Directions
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Pour water into a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and toss in the orange spice tea bags. Cover and let steep 5 minutes. Remove tea bags and stir in sugar, apple cider, rum, and 2 of the cinnamon sticks. Heat just to steaming – do not boil.
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Ladle hot cider into 6 mugs and drop 1/2 teaspoon butter into each. Garnish with a cinnamon swizzle stick.