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10 cups hot water
1 ½ cups sugar
1 ~ 12 ounce can frozen concentrate cranberry juice
¾ cup frozen concentrate orange juice
1/4 cup lemon juice
6 whole cloves { optional }
1 cinnamon stick broke in half
½ cup red ~ hot candies
1 pint vodka or spiced rum { optional }
In a 5 ~
quart slow cooker, or a large 5 ~ quart covered kettle, combine water, sugar and juices; stir until sugar is dissolved.
Add cloves and
cinnamon. { If desired, place cloves
and cinnamon stick in a double thickness of cheesecloth; bring up corners of cloth and tie with
a string to form a bag }. Add spice bag and
red ~ hots to slow cooker or kettle.
Cover and cook on low for
2 ~ 3 hours in the slow cooker or low simmer in a covered kettle on the stove
for 1 or 2 hours. Before serving, discard spice bag and stir punch.
If desired, add 1 ounce of vodka or spiced rum to each cup. Serve hot
garnish
with a orange slice.
Makes about 10 servings
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