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Holiday Wassail

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Beverages, Holidays, Not sent, Taste of ho 14 Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 qt Hot tea
1 c Sugar
32 oz Cranberry juice
32 oz Apple juice
2 c Orange juice
3/4 c Lemon juice
2 Cinnamon sticks, 3" each
24 Whole cloves, divided
1 Orange, sliced

INSTRUCTIONS

In a large kettle, combine tea and sugar. Add juices, cinnamon stick and 12
of the cloves. Bring to a boil and boil for 2 minutes. Remove from the
heat. Serve warm or cool. Garnish punch bowl with orange slices studded
with remaining cloves. Yield: 12-16 servings, (1 gallon). MC formatting by
bobbi744@sojourn.com
Recipe by: Taste of Home Magazine, Dec/Jan,'94, p.6
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #473 by Roberta Banghart
<bobbi744@sojourn.com> on Feb 05, 1997.

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