Glühwein

by JoSele Swopes
(Albuquerque, NM, USA)

This is a special Christmas light watching wine. I make this every year for the holidays. The guys would drive and the ladies would have this while we were out looking at the Christmas Lights. This is fun for Holiday Parties. The house would be filled with spices. It has the most wonderful smell.....This brings back my shopping memmories when I was in Germany, while out shopping the kiosks on the street they would sell it, nothing like drinking Gluhwein while you were out shopping in the snow, or looking at lights while the gents drive....

Ingredients:

• 12 cloves, whole
  
• 4 stk cinnamon stick
  
• 1 c brown sugar, lightly packed
  
• 3 slc lemon
  
• 3 slc orange
  
• 1 btl port wine
  
• 1 btl burgundy wine
  
• 2 btl water, warm
  
• 3 slc gala apple
  
• 1 lg tea ball OR USE A COFFEE FILTER AND TIE THE SPICES INSIDE WITH A TWISTY TIE AND HANG INSIDE THE POT WITH TIE OR TEA BALL
  

Directions:

In large Dutch oven or a large coffee percolator.
Put all spices into tea ball, if you do no have a tea ball use a coffee filter place into liquid.

Pour into pan all wine, brown sugar, water, lemons and oranges, and apple slices. Heat till piping hot leave spices in wine. Stir and serve hot..........any left over wein pour into pitcher. You may reheat in micro wave or on stove cup at a time, left over is great in cake or cookies too. Enjoy.....