In my humble opinion, the best use of anything is making it do two services for you. Put a crock pot of this punch going and you will soon have a delightful, hot drink, and make your house smell like Christmas. It only takes a couple of hours and makes a nice welcome for guests who arrive too early. Hand them a cup of punch and they will be happy.
Holiday Spice Punch
3-4 cinnamon sticks
5 whole cloves
1/4th of a vanilla bean
1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 gallon apple juice
3/4 cup granulated sugar
2 cups fresh orange juice
1/2 cup fresh lemon juice
Thin slices of both the lemon and oranges
Place the solid spices in a teas strainer and place in the crock pot. Add the ground spices, apple juice, and sugar, stirring to dissolve. Simmer on low for about an hour. Remove the tea strainer of spices. Add the orange and lemon juice and heat for another hour. Scatter the slices of lemon and orange over the top, put your crock pot on warm, and serve!
Ideas . . .
You can put out small snacks to go along with the punch like pretzels, crackers, olives, small cookies, etc.
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