Recipe - Crockpot Spiced Rum Cider

4 Cinnamon sticks; broken
1 teaspoon Allspice; whole
1 teaspoon Whole cloves
7 cup Apple juice
1/3 cup Packed brown sugar
Margarine; or butter
1 cup Rum

Recipe by: Jo Anne Merrill Preparation Time: 4:00 * Rum is optional; use
more or less as desired.

Tie cinnamon, allspice, and cloves in spice bag or cheesecloth. In a
crockpot, combine spice bag, apple juice, rum and brown sugar. Cover; cook
on lowheat setting for 3 to 4 hours. Discard spice bag. Ladle hot punch
into cups; float about One half teaspoon of butter on top of the cider in each
cup.

Yield: 10 servings of 6 ounces each.

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