New Year's Day Punch

Ingredients:

• 1 quart apple juice
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 4 cardamom pods, broken
• 6 whole cloves
• 1 bottle sparkling wine or champagne (can substitute ginger ale)
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• ice

Directions:

In a medium saucepan, combine the apple juice and spices. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes. Cool, and chill overnight in a large pitcher. To serve, strain the spiced juice into a punch bowl. Add the sparkling wine. Just before serving, add the ice.

Source: Old Farmer's Almanac

By Irishwitch from Aurora, CO