Hot Mulled Bourbon Apple Cider

Ingredients

• 5 cups apple cider 
• 0.8 cup bourbon 
• 0.3 cup firmly brown sugar light packed
• 2 sticks cinnamon (3-inch)
• 2 cups pulp-free orange juice 
• 2 tablespoons cinnamon candies red

Equipment

• sauce pan
• sieve

Directions

1. Bring apple cider, orange juice, brown sugar, candies, cinnamon sticks, and cloves to a boil in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally. Boil, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes.
2. Pour mixture through a wire-mesh strainer into a heatproof pitcher, discarding solids. Stir in bourbon.
3. Serve warm.