Hot Spiced Apple Cider cocktail recipe
Smoke & Fire

Hot Spiced Apple Cider

Warm, Spiced, Comforting

Hot spiced cider with fragrant cinnamon and warming spices - cozy fall harvest warmth.

Ingredients

  • 8 oz Fresh apple cider
  • 1½ oz Bourbon or spiced rum (optional)
  • 2 Cinnamon sticks
  • 2 Star anise
  • 4 Whole cloves
  • 2 slices Fresh orange
  • 1 tbsp Brown sugar

Instructions

  1. 1. Heat apple cider in saucepan over medium heat
  2. 2. Add one cinnamon stick, star anise, cloves, orange slices, and brown sugar
  3. 3. Simmer for 10 minutes to infuse spices
  4. 4. Strain hot cider into mug (add bourbon if desired)
  5. 5. Garnish with orange slice and fresh cinnamon stick

Glassware

Heat-resistant mug or Irish coffee glass

Garnish

Orange slice, cinnamon stick, star anise