SAMHUINN: Spiced Rum Cider
4 Sticks cinnamon-broken
1 tsp whole allspice
1 tsp whole cloves
7 cups apple juice
1/3 cup firmly packed brown sugar
butter or margarine; as needed
1 cup rum
Tie cinnamon, allspice, and cloves in spice bag or cheesecloth. In a crockpot, combine spice bag, apple juice, rum and brown sugar. Cover; cook on low-heat setting for 3 to 4 hours. Discard spice bag. Ladle hot punch into cups; float about 1/2 teaspoon of butter on top of the cider in each cup.
