Christmas Wassail with Baked Apples recipe

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Ingredients

3 large cooking apples, cored and halved
1 gallon apple cider, divided
6 whole cloves
6 whole allspice berries
2 teaspoons ground nutmeg
1 (6 ounce) can frozen orange juice concentrate
1 (6 ounce) can frozen lemonade concentrate
1 cup brown sugar
2 cinnamon sticks, or more to taste

Nutrition Info

190 calories
carbohydrate: 47.8 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 0.2 g
fiber: 1.2 g
protein: 0.4 g
saturatedFat: 0.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 26.1 mg
sugar: 42.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

  2. Place halved apples, cut sides down, on a baking sheet.

  3. Bake in the preheated oven until apples are tender, 10 to 15 minutes.

  4. Simmer 2 cups apple cider, cloves, allspice, and nutmeg in a large kettle or pot for 10 minutes. Add the remaining apple cider, orange juice concentrate, and lemonade concentrate, stir until wassail is smooth. Mix brown sugar into the wassail, heat until almost boiling. Float baked apple halves and cinnamon sticks in the wassail, serve warm.

Recipe Yield

20 servings

Recipe Note

Traditional Christmas punch garnished with floating baked apples and cinnamon sticks. Serve warm or at room temperature. Add a spray of pine or cedar fronds and some shiny red apples around the bowl for a festive table decoration. Exceptionally delicious wassail served as is or add your favorite rum to spice it up for a more festive holiday. Can keep leftover wassail in refrigerator and heat to serve next day.

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