Name: Homemade Wassail
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 cups apple cider (or unfiltered apple juice, doctored up with warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice); ½ inch nub of fresh ginger, peeled and grated or finely minced; 2 lemons, sliced; 1 cinnamon stick; 3 star anise (optional, but they’re pretty!); ½ vanilla bean, slit down the middle with the insides scooped out (or ¼ ounce vanilla extract); Bourbon (plan on about 1 ½ ounces per drink. I used Jim Beam); Garnish options: cinnamon sticks, star anise, lemon slices and/or thinly sliced red apple

Homemade Wassail

Learn how to make wassail cocktails with real apple cider, ginger, lemon, spices and, of course, bourbon. Wassails are perfect for warming up on cold days! Recipe yields 4 to 6 cocktails, depending on how much of the warm cider mixture you use per drink.

40 min total 10 min prep 30 min cook 4 238 cal

Ingredients

4 serv.

4 cups apple cider (or unfiltered apple juice, doctored up with warm spices like cinnamon, nutmeg and allspice)
½ inch nub of fresh ginger, peeled and grated or finely minced
2 lemons, sliced
1 cinnamon stick
3 star anise (optional, but they’re pretty!)
½ vanilla bean, slit down the middle with the insides scooped out (or ¼ ounce vanilla extract)
Bourbon (plan on about 1 ½ ounces per drink. I used Jim Beam)
Garnish options: cinnamon sticks, star anise, lemon slices and/or thinly sliced red apple

Instructions

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1 In a medium saucepan, combine all of the nonalcoholic ingredients and gently simmer for at least thirty minutes, preferably over an hour.
2 Measure bourbon into mugs, then pour in your hot spiced cider (3 ounces for a stiff drink, or more to mellow it). Garnish as desired, and serve warm.

Homemade Wassail

Ingredients

Instructions

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