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Hot Southern Comfort Cider Recipe


Hot Southern Comfort cider in glass with cinnamon stick
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Try this delicious twist on the traditional hot cider, featuring Southern Comfort.
Serve with: Your favorite holiday snacks.

Course:
Beverage
,
Cocktail
Cuisine:
American
,
Southern
difficulty scale

Makes:

Servings: 5 8-ounce (28mL) mugs

Takes:

Prep Time: 25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 3 cups apple cider
  • 1 cup cranberry juice
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
  • 15 cinnamon sticks
  • 1 cup Southern Comfort
Notes:
Optional. 1 teaspoon vanilla and a twist of orange skin.
About cider. You can make this with filtered apple juice but it is much much better with cider, which is brown and cloudy with apple particles.
Metric conversion:

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Method

  • Fire up. pre-heat a smoker to 225°F (107°C). Alternatively, you can set up a charcoal grill for 2-zone cooking by placing a chimney full of pre-heated charcoal briquets on one side of the grill's charcoal grate in order to create direct and indirect cooking zones. Adjust the smoker or grill vents to bring the temperature to about 225°F (107°C) and add 2 to 3 chunks of your favorite smoking wood to the charcoal for flavor. On a gas grill, adjust the temperature knobs so that one half of the grill is off and the other half is heated enough to maintain a temperature of approximately 225°F (107°C) on the indirect side.
  • Cook. Place the butter in a heat resistant bowl and place it on the smoker or on the cool side of the grill. Smoke the butter for about 20 minutes. It will melt but become infused with seductive smoke. Then chill. I usually smoke a whole stick or two when I am smoking something else, then freeze it for whenever I need smoked butter.
  • Add all the ingredients except the Southern Comfort to a non reactive pan and simmer for 15 minutes.
  • Add the southern comfort for about a minute, just enough to warm it but not boil off the alcohol.
  • Serve. Pour into glasses, add a cinnamon stick, and serve immediately while it is still hot.

Nutrition per Serving

Serving: 6oz | Calories: 238kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 3g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 6mg | Sodium: 7mg | Potassium: 187mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 94IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 17mg | Iron: 1mg