Old English Wassail

This sounds like the perfect thing for New Years and imagine how your home will smell - heavenly! If making a 1/2 batch, I see no reason this couldn't be made in a slow cooker. From our local television news station, WCTV. Submitted by Chef Kevin Keating of Kesier University.

• Ready In: 4 hrs 30 mins
• Serves: 18
• Yields: 14 cups

Ingredients

• 3⁄4 cup sugar
• 1  quart  apple juice
• 1  quart apple cider
• 1  pint cranberry juice
• 1  teaspoon  aromatic bitters
• 1  cup rum
• 2  cinnamon sticks
• 1  teaspoon whole allspice
• 1  orange
• 6  cloves

Directions

1. Dissolve the sugar in the juices and warm over medium heat.
2. Add the bitters and the rum and simmer for 15 minutes.
3. Reduce heat.
4. Stud the orange with the allspice and cloves add to the liquid with the cinnamon and steep for 4 hours. Do not boil.