Hot Buttered Apple Cider

Ingredients

  • 3 cups Calvados (apple brandy)
  • 7 tablespoons (packed) golden brown sugar
  • 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) butter
  • 12 cups apple cider or unfiltered apple juice
  • 3/4 cup fresh lemon juice
  • 12 cinnamon sticks
  • Whole nutmeg

Preparation

Step 1


Bring Calvados, brown sugar, and butter to simmer in large pot over medium heat, stirring until sugar dissolves and butter melts. Add apple cider, lemon juice, and cinnamon sticks; bring to boil. DO AHEAD Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Rewarm before serving.


Ladle cider mixture into 12 cups. Add 1 cinnamon stick from pot to each. Grate nutmeg over and serve.

Makes 12 servings.