INGREDIENTS
1¾ cups sugar
4 cups water
12 whole cloves
4 sticks cinnamon
4 allspice berries
1 tbsp ginger, chopped
2 quarts apple cider or apple juice
3 cups orange juice
1½ cups lemon juice
DIRECTIONS
Combine sugar and water; boil 10 minutes. Add cloves, cinnamon sticks, allspice berries, and ginger. Cover and let stand 1 hour. Strain. Add Apple cider (or apple juice), orange juice and lemon juice. Heat and serve.
Anijsmelk is one of my favorite Dutch treats. This traditional recipe is perfect for warming your soul on a cold winter’s night. In Holland, dropping Anijsblokjes (anise-flavored sugar cubes, made by De Ruijter and others) into warm milk is now the more common method for making anijsmelk.
1 qt milk
5-10 whole star anise
sugar to taste
In a sauce pan, warm milk with star anise; add sugar to taste. When anijsmelk reaches the desired strength of anise flavor, remove star anise pods. Serve hot in a teacup or mug.
5 cups milk
2/3 cup sugar
2/3 cup pumpkin pie filling
1/2 tsp pumpkin pie spice
whipped cream
Combine milk, sugar, filling, and pumpkin pie spice in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the pie filling. Continue to heat, but do not boil. Serve in mugs topped with whipped cream.