Hot Holiday Punch

The holidays are a coming...and coming fast they are...so just like last year, I thought I would post some holiday recipes...

This is one I've not tried, but it the ingredients sounded wonderful together, so I thought I would post the recipe...

Hot Holiday Punch

3 cups apple juice
3 cups orange juice
6 cups cranberry juice cocktail
3/4 cup maple syrup
2 teaspoons powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 teaspoon ground cloves
3/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
cinnamon sticks

Combine all the ingredients in crock pot, except the cinnamon sticks. Cook on HIGH for about 3 hours...you want the mixture to be boiling...then turn your crock pot down to WARM. Serve this recipe hot in mugs and place a cinnamon stick in each mug.

If your crock pot only has High and Low...then you will want to turn your crock pot and serve your punch warm...you can always plug it back in and put it on LOW to heat it up if it starts getting cold. Crock pots will keep items hot for quite awhile if you keep the lid on...Enjoy...

Happy Slow Cooking...Enjoy! Hugs...

Hot Cran-Apple Punch

After a day of building snowmen, skiing or caroling, this makes a great little warm-up drink...

Hot Cran-Apple Punch

4 1/2 cups cranberry juice
6 cups apple juice
5 Tablespoons brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon whole cloves

Pour juices into crock pot; stir in brown sugar and salt. Stir until brown sugar is dissolved. Put cinnamon sticks and cloves in cheesecloth and tie cloth shut. Drop into crock pot. Cover and cook on HIGH for 2 hours; remove cheesecloth and then turn crock pot back to LOW to keep punch warm.

Happy Slow Cooking! Enjoy and Hugs...


More Party Recipes can be found on Hazel's Crock Pot Kitchen...

Hot Mint Chocolate

Hot Chocolate is a favorite around here and this is our most favorite recipe...

Hot Mint Chocolate

4 large chocolate covered cream filled mint patties (peppermint patties)
5 cups milk
1/2 cup malted milk powder (Ovaltine)
1 tsp vanilla extract

Whipped cream, optional
Peppermint sticks/candy cane, optional

Combine all but optional items in crock pot. Cover and heat on low for 2 hours. Beat with mixer until frothy...pour into mugs, garnish with whipped cream/peppermint sticks/candy canes

Happy Slow Cooking! Enjoy and Hugs!

More beverage drinks on Hazel's Crock Pot Kitchen...

Hot Apple Tea

I love when it starts to get a little cooler in the evenings. The leaves will be changing soon, which is my favorite time of the year. So I thought I would throw in this little Hot Apple Tea recipe, just in case your evenings are getting a little bit chilly...

Hot Apple Tea

1/2 gallon apple cider
1/2 gallon strong tea (I usually make my own, only I make it a little stronger than I would normally - but you can buy the tea in the gallon jugs if you want to make this even easier)
1 sliced lemon
1 sliced orange
3 (3 inch) cinnamon sticks
1 Tablespoon whole cloves
1 Tablespoon allspice
Brown sugar (I start with 1/4 cup, stir, taste and add more if I want a sweeter taste)

Put all ingredients in crockpot and stir to mix. Cover and cook on LOW for 2 hours. I usually taste the tea after about 1 1/2 hours so I know if I need to add more brown sugar...

I dip the tea out and into mugs, but I make sure I pour it through a strainer to keep any 'extras' from ending up in my tea. If I'm having company over, I will pour all the tea through a strainer and into a tea pot...Any left over tea can be stored in the frig and heated in the microwave before serving.

Happy Slow Cooking! Enjoy and Hugs!