Friday, December 12, 2008

Some Holiday Beverages

WASSAIL
This recipe is from my sis Katie Jane and we ALWAYS have to make this during the holidays, if you are lacking in Christmas spirit, make up a batch when it is snowing and turn on some Christmas tunes and you will be there! (sometimes dancing around in the living room to the music helps too :)

20 C. Water
64 OZ Cranberry Juice
4 C Sugar
2 C. Orange Juice
8 Cinnamon Sticks
2 Tbsp Cloves
1 Tbsp Lemon Juice

Combine all ingredients EXCEPT OJ- simmer for 20 min then add OJ. Taste it before you remove the cloves and cinnamon sticks to make sure it is spiced to your liking. DON'T leave the cinnamon sticks in for too long or you will end up with liquid cinnamon bear juice. You can put your spices in a satchel if you want but I usually just fish out the sticks and cloves.

SPARKLING APPLE CIDER

I got this one from another blog, but it looks so cute and it got good reviews and I love sparkling cider.

2 gallons of apple juice or apple cider
3 lbs of dry ice

3 comments:

PrincessKatie said...

Love the receipes. I will hav eto post mine soon. That popcorn looks so good too! Fun to se eyout oday. I am going to email you about those lights my internet has been down though!

Ambyr said...

Sounds good, I'll have to try it!
I love popcorn so I'll give it a shot!

Carlie said...

MMMM... sounds festive! I need something to get me in the mood for Christmas- it just doesn't feel like it this year! I think we need one of your adorable Christmas cards! Hope all is well for you guys!