how to make mulling spices
what you’ll need
- 4 ½ medium-sized oranges, hulled
- 2 cups light brown sugar
- 16 peppercorns, whole
- 8 all-spices, whole
- 16 cloves, whole
- 8–10 cinnamon sticks, trimmed into thin pieces ¼” – ½” lengths
let’s do it
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees
- Line baking sheet with parchment paper
- Place halved and hulled oranges facing up
- Bake until the peel is dry but still a little flexible
- Allow to cool completely, preferably overnight
- Fill 8 dried orange halves with brown sugar
- Take extra dried orange half and cut into 8 small beak pieces, rounded at the top and pointed at the bottom, approximately ¼” in size
- On a clean mat, arrange the spices to look like a turkey, cloves for eyes, neck and gizzard, dried orange piece for beak, all-spice berry for body and pieces of cinnamon for feathers
- Once arranged to your liking, methodically take each piece and press into the brown sugar to create turkey image
- Wrap each orange half tightly in cellophane and tie off with ribbon
- Makes 8 mulling packs
Instructions to write on tag:
- Add to two quarts of cider or apple juice
- Simmer for 30 minutes then strain and serve
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