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Authors: Phyllis Pellman Good
Easy Chocolate Clusters
Marcella Stalter
Flanagan, IL
Makes 3½ dozen clusters
Prep. Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 2 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 4-qt
2 lbs. white coating chocolate, broken into small pieces
2 cups (12 oz.) semisweet chocolate chips
4-oz. pkg. sweet German chocolate
24-oz. jar roasted peanuts
Apple Honey Tea
Jeanne Allen
Rye, CO
Makes 6 1-cup servings
Prep. Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 1-2 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 1-qt
12-oz. can frozen apple juice/cider concentrate
2 Tbsp. instant tea powder
1 Tbsp. honey
½ tsp. ground cinnamon
Stir well before serving since cinnamon tends to settle on bottom.
Hot Mulled Cider
Phyllis Attig,
Reynolds, IL
Jean Butzer,
Batavia, NY
Doris G. Herr,
Manheim, PA
Mary E. Martin,
Goshen, IN
Leona Miller,
Millersburg, OH
Marjora Miller,
Archbold, OH
Janet L. Roggie,
Lowville, NY
Shirley Sears,
Tiskilwa, IL
Charlotte Shaffer,
East Earl, PA
Berenice M. Wagner
, Dodge City, KS
Connie B. Weaver
, Bethlehem, PA
Maryann Westerberg
, Rosamond, CA
Carole Whaling
, New Tripoli, PA
Makes 8 1-cup servings
Prep. Time: 5 minutes
Cooking Time: 2-8 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 3½-qt
¼-½ cup brown sugar
2 quarts apple cider
1 tsp. whole allspice
1½ tsp. whole cloves
2 cinnamon sticks
2 oranges sliced, with peels on
Variation:
Add a dash of ground nutmeg and salt.
Marsha Sabus
Fallbrook, CA
Autumn Sipper
Shari Jensen
Fountain, CO
Makes 8 1-cup servings
Prep. Time: 5-10 minutes
Cooking Time: 4 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 3½-qt
1 Tbsp. whole allspice
3 3-inch cinnamon sticks
2 whole cloves
1 piece each lemon and orange peel, each about the size of a half dollar
1 piece crystallized ginger, about the size of a quarter
5 cups apple juice
3 cups apricot nectar
Garnish filled glasses with fresh
cinnamon sticks
and
orange slices
,
if you wish.
Hot Apricot Zinger
Jan Mast
Lancaster, PA
Makes 12 servings
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cooking Time: 2-4 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 4-qt
46-oz. can apricot juice,
or
nectar
3 cups orange juice
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
½ cup brown sugar
3 cinnamon sticks
½ tsp. whole cloves
Hot Mulled Apple Tea
Barbara Tenney
Delta, PA
Makes 16 1-cup servings
Prep. Time: 5-10 minutes
Cooking Time: 2 hours
Ideal slow-cooker size: 4½-qt
½ gallon apple cider
½ gallon strong tea
1 sliced lemon
1 sliced orange
3 3-inch cinnamon sticks
1 Tbsp. whole cloves