Spiced and Spiked Hot
Punch
64 ounces cranberry juice cocktail
24 ounces lemonade, frozen concentrate
6 cups apple cider
4 Spice Barn Cinnamon Sticks
2 teaspoons Spice Barn Whole Cloves
1 teaspoon Spice Barn Whole Allspice
1 cup rumPour cranberry juice, lemonade, and cider
into a Dutch oven. Place spices in cheesecloth or a spice bag. Bring to
boil and boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat, remove spice bag, stir in
rum.
Hot Fruited Tea
4 Spice Barn Cinnamon Sticks
1 teaspoon Spice Barn Whole Cloves
1/2 teaspoon Spice Barn Whole Allspice
1 quart hot tea
1/2 cup sugar
3 cups orange juice
3 cups sweetened pineapple juice
Combine first 3 ingredients in a tea ball or
cheesecloth bag. Combine hot tea and sugar in a large Dutch oven; stir in
fruit juices. Add spice mixture and bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat,
and simmer 30 minutes. Remove spice bag. Garnish with an orange wedge.
Basic Pickled Beets
3 1/2 pounds fresh beets, small
3 medium onions, halved and sliced
20 Spice Barn Whole Cloves
4--2/34"
Spice Barn Cinnamon Sticks
4 cups white vinegar (5% acidity)
2 cups sugar
3 tablespoons salt
Cut tops from beets,
leaving a 1 inch stem. Cook in boiling water to cover 30 minutes or
until tender. Drain, reserving 3 cups liquid. Pack beets and sliced
onion into hot jars; set aside. Place whole cloves in a 6 inch square
cheesecloth and tie with string. Bring 3 cups reserved beet liquid,
spice bag, cinnamon sticks, and remaining ingredients to a boil in a Dutch
oven. Remove and discard spice bag and cinnamon sticks. Pour hot
mixture into jars, filling to within 1/2 inch from top. Remove air bubbles,
and wipe jar rims. Cover at once with metal lids; screw on bands.
Process in boiling water bath 10 minutes.
Hot Apple Cider
1/2 gallon apple juice or apple cider
2 cinnamon sticks
2 whole cloves
2 allspice berries or whole nutmeg
1/2 orange peel, cut into strips
1/2 lemon peel, cut into strips
Pour apple juice/cider into a large stainless
steel pot (crock pots or slow cookers are best but not necessary).
Place spices and peels into a cheesecloth. Drop cheesecloth into apple
juice/cider. In a regular pot: heat to just short of a boil. In a crock
pot: Heat for 2 hours. Remove cheesecloth. Once you are done, you can keep
the stove-top on warm and have people ladle the apple cider straight from
the pot. You can also float some thinly-sliced orange and/or lemon slices
on top of cider mixture for extra flavor.
Submitted By: Carol Fox
Hot Hot Chocolate Mix -
great for gifting
by Jacques Torres
3 pounds bittersweet chocolate
1 pound, 2 ounces whole dry milk
Cayenne pepper
Large (10-12 inch) cinnamon sticks
Finely grate bittersweet chocolate. Place the milk powder, grated
chocolate, and cayenne pepper (to taste) in a large mixing bowl and combine
thoroughly. Spoon the mixture into attractive tins or jars and tie a
cinnamon stick to the container. Label the container with the following
instructions:
Use 1/2-cup of chocolate mixture with each cup of hot milk or water. When
making the hot chocolate, be sure to boil the chocolate milk for at least 15
seconds. Use cinnamon stick to stir. Serve with marshmallows (optional)
Yield: about 4 pounds hot chocolate mix
Submitted By: Karen
Fairless Inwood, WV
| Other Information:
Cinnamon is a small evergreen tree
growing 32-49 feet tall. This plant is native to Sri Lanka and
southern India. The bark is used for spice, both ground cinnamon and
cinnamon sticks. The flavor of cinnamon comes from the
aromatic essential oil which makes up 1/2 to 1 percent of its
composition.
Cinnamon is harvested by growing the
trees for two years, then cutting them near the ground. This
allows for shoots to form from the roots the next year. These
are then stripped of their bark which is then left to dry. As
they dry the strips curl into rolls known as quills.
Used as a spice, it flavors desserts,
chocolate, candy, tea, cocoa, liqueurs. It is used abundantly
in Middle Eastern dishes. Cinnamon, combined with sugar, is
used to flavor cereals, breads, and fruits. It is also an
ingredient in pickling.
Many people choose to a have cinnamon
stick in their mouth to aid in smoking cessation.
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