Recipe Wassail I (Christmas)

Required Ingredients:

• 2 liters ginger ale
• 25 fluid ounces sherry
• 1 cup brandy
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 4 whole cloves
• 4 whole allspice berries
• 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• 8 lady apples

Preparing/Cooking:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place whole apples on a baking sheet and bake until brown and tender, about 25 minutes.
• Gently crush the allspice berries and break up the cinnamon stick.
• Place the allspice, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger in a cheesecloth bag.
• In a large sauce pan place 2 cups of the ginger ale and the spice bag.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Remove spice bag and add the remaining ginger ale, the sherry and the brandy heat until hot.
• DO NOT BOIL! Whisk in milk and pour into a punch bowl garnish with the baked apples.

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