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Apple Cider with Shrunken Heads

Course Drinks

Ingredients
  

  • 10 apples 3 lb. bag
  • 16 cups water
  • 2 cinnamon sticks
  • 1/2 tbsp. all-spice
  • fresh ginger peeled 1 inch
  • 2 tsp. nutmeg
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 orange juiced

Shrunken Heads

  • 3-4 apples
  • 2 Tbsp. lemon juice

Instructions
 

  • In large dutch oven, combine all ingredients. Simmer over medium heat for 2-3 hours.
  • Strain mixture through a sieve or cheesecloth into a pitcher.
  • Refrigerate overnight.

Shrunken Heads

  • Preheat oven to 250F.
  • Peel apples and cut them in half.
  • Using a paring knife, carve a face into each apple.
  • Place cut side down on a parchment lined cookie sheet.
  • Brush lemon juice on top of each apple.
  • Bake at 250F for 2 hours. Apples will float on top of apple cider.