Alcohol Free Winter Warmers No 3

Designated driver or simply want to give the grog a miss then we have some ideas for you.  Simple and easy to achieve and you do not have to produce gallons at once! Evening or morning, Christmas or not these drinks are lovely.

Apple Hooch - alcohol free apple punch
Serves 6-8

Sturdy pan

Two cartons of pure apple juice

One carton of quality pineapple juice

Zest of one orange

Slice the orange into 12 half slices after zesting

Push a clove into each orange piece

4 cinnamon sticks cut each in half to create 8 small sticks

Sweetening - if needed (pineapple is very sweet) use honey or sugar.



Add all ingredients excluding the sweetener of your choice, warm through but do not boil, add slowly your sweetener a little at a time till you are happy if required.  Simmer never boil and serve ensuring each cup gets a slice of orange or a cinnamon stick



Want to add alcohol to some of your mixture, separate off the quantity you want to add to and pour in rum to suit, never boil as this kills the alcohol as it will start to evaporate.

Again as with other recipes can be prepared in advance and heated as needed.  Kept warm in a flask or slow cooker.

You could decorate your heat proof glasses or mugs with apple slices, remember you will need to dip in lemon juice or they will go brown.

ENJOY