Hot Spiced Sangria

Ingredients

• 1 cup brandy 
• 1 bag cherries frozen
• 2  cinnamon sticks 
• 1  cranberry-orange relish sliced
• 12 servings orange peel for garnish
• 1  orange zest 
• 1 bag peaches frozen
• 1 cup sugar 
• 1 cup water 
• 1500 milliliter rioja spanish red wine

Equipment

• sauce pan
• ladle
• slow cooker

Directions

1. Combine all ingredients in a slow cooker. Put setting on HIGH for 1 hour. Reduce to warm to hold temperature. Ladle into glasses from slow cooker. Be sure to include some fruit in the glasses.
2. Garnish with orange peel.
3. Combine the sugar, water and zest in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer. Stirring occasionally, simmer for 5 minutes or until sugar is dissolved.