Get ready to get cozy with a warm mug of this spiked apple cider. Made with a mix of spices like cinnamon, cloves, and ginger, then spiked with your choice of bourbon or rum. It's a fall favorite that's easy to make on the stovetop, and it's ready in just 15 minutes!
Add the apple cider, cinnamon sticks, cloves, ginger, anise, and peppercorns to a pot and bring it to a simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce the heat to low, cover the pot, and simmer gently for 10 minutes.
4 cups unfiltered apple juice, 2 cinnamon sticks, 4 whole cloves, 2 slices ginger, 1 star anise, ½ teaspoon peppercorns
Strain the cider through a fine mesh seive.
Put the cinnamon sugar in a small dish. Wet the rims of the glasses then dip the rims into the sugar.
2 tablespoons cinnamon sugar
Divide the bourbon between the two glasses and then top with the spiced apple cider.