This warm spiced cranberry orange punch is a healthy, festive and delicious drink for the holidays!
Today marks the kick-off of a month’s long celebration devoted to all things cranberry~#cranberrylove.
For my first post, I originally thought I might addd to my meager list of bread recipes {one}, with a gluten-free fresh cranberry nut loaf, but, let’s just say it still in the experimental stage, so you’ll have to check back later this month for that one!
Instead, today I bring you a seriously soothing drink that’s 1 part nourishment, 1 part aromatherapy, and 1 part pure comfort, something many need right now in the aftermath of Sandy.
This Warm Spiced Cranberry Orange Punch is comforting to me, because it brings back childhood memories of visits to the Nostalgia Gift Shop in La Jolla with my mom and grandmother, during the November/December holiday season.
As my memory serves me, the Nostalgia gift shop was usually filled with lots of nic nacs {i.e. dust collectors}, but come November, it was transformed in to a magical holiday wonderland, all festive and sparkly, warm and comforting, and filled with delectable treats and this delicious hot spiced punch.
The Nostalgia gift shop has long been gone, but this cranberry orange punch remains in my memory, and hopefully, will offer you comfort and good cheer as we stumble in to this holiday season.
Warm Spiced Cranberry Orange Punch
Ingredients
- 4 cups unsweetened cranberry juice
- 4 cups pineapple juice
- 2 cups orange juice {fresh squeezed is best!}
- 5 tablespoons mulling spices
- optional: 3 tablespoons brown sugar, or to taste
Instructions
- Pour all the juices in to a large pot, and add the mulling spices wrapped in cheesecloth.
- Bring liquid to a boil, then reduce to a simmer for at least 20 minutes, and up to 45 minutes.
- At this point, it is optional to add brown sugar if you want to sweeten it a little. Add in up to 3 tablespoons of brown sugar, one tablespoon at a time until desired level of sweetness is achieved.
- Enjoy the delicious spicy scent as you sip away...
Notes
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Of course I got all nostalgic while making this and started going through old family photos.
These are a couple of my favorites of SiSi and Big Tex from 7 years ago {wow!} right before we moved back to San Diego from our home in Falls Church Virginia so we could be closer to our family…
Happy November to all! Be sure and come back later this month for a delicious gluten-free cranberry nut bread {fingers crossed!}.
In the mean time I offer up this Spicy Cranberry Squash Chutney {a perfect accompaniment for your Thanksgiving table} from last year, plus all of these yummy #cranberrylove recipes from my co-hosts:
- Deanna ~Teaspoon of Spice @tspbasil
- Kimberly ~Badger Girl Learns to Cook @bdgergrl
- Cheap Ethnic Eats~ Cheap Ethnic Eats @cethniceats
- T.R.~No One Likes Crumbley Cookies @TRCrumbley
- Shelia~Pippis in the Kitchen Again @shlylais
- Shulie~Food Wanderings @foodwanderings
- Becky~Baking and Cooking, A Tale of Two Loves
November is #cranberrylove month. Please join in on the #cranberrylove fun by linking up any cranberry recipe from the month of November 2012. Don’t forget to link back to this post, so that your readers know to come stop by the #cranberrylove event! The twitter hashtag is #cranberrylove.
What is one of your favorite childhood holiday memories? Are you a fan of cranberries? What food or recipe means comfort to you???
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