Hot Cider Rum Punch Recipes

SPICED RUM PUNCH

Steps:

• For the Spiced Rum: Remove the cap from the rum bottle and drop the allspice, cloves, star anise, orange zest, vanilla bean and cinnamon stick into the bottle. Reseal and let sit at room temperature for 2 days to up to a week, shaking it once a day.
• Put 2 cups of ice cubes in an 8-inch square cake pan and layer in half of the fruit. Top with another 2 cups of ice and then the remaining fruit (the ice cubes keep the fruit from sinking to the bottom). Fill with water and freeze until solid, about 6 hours.
• When ready to serve, combine the sugar with 1 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook, stirring, until the sugar is completely dissolved, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature. Stir together the sugar syrup, orange juice, lime juice and bitters in a large punch bowl. Pour the rum into the punch bowl, through a fine mesh sieve, and discard the spices. Let the ice island sit at room temperature for about 10 minutes, unmold and float in the punch.
• Fill a highball glass with ice cubes pour in 1 cup of punch. Top with about 2 ounces of seltzer and the garnish of your choice.

WARM CIDER AND RUM PUNCH

Steps:

• In a large pot, combine apple cider, apple slices, orange slices, cinnamon sticks, and ginger. Bring to a boil over high; reduce to a simmer and cook 5 minutes. (Keep warm over low, up to 2 hours.) Remove from heat and stir in rum. Transfer to a punch bowl; serve warm.

HOT BUTTERED RUM PUNCH

Steps:

• Combine pineapple juice, water, cranberry sauce, rum, brown sugar, cloves, salt, nutmeg, and allspice in a slow cooker, breaking the cranberry sauce apart using a fork.
• Cook on Low for 3 to 4 hours.
• Ladle punch into mugs and add 1 cinnamon stick and about 1/2 teaspoon butter to each.

HOT CIDER PUNCH

Steps:

• Place cider, sugar, cinnamon stick and nutmeg in a large saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, 20 minutes., Stir in orange and pineapple juices. Insert cloves into orange wedges; add to cider mixture and heat through. Discard cinnamon stick. Serve warm.

HOT GOLD APPLE CIDER

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large pot, combine all the ingredients.
• Stir and cover. Heat and slowly bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
• Lower the heat, cover, and allow to simmer for 1 to 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Transfer to an insulated punch bowl and serve in mugs, or keep it covered on the stove and heat it up periodically. Enjoy. This recipe can easily be adapted to create as many servings as you like. Downsize it for a small party or a snowy day at home or increase it for a larger crowd; simply retain the ratio of the three liquids. And, you will not hurt it one bit if you do pour in a little extra rum or Goldschlager.

HOT RUM AND CIDER PUNCH

Steps:

• Heat the cider, stir in the syrup and sugar, then add the lemon juice and the rum. Garnish with the lemon slices and place a cinnamon stick as a stirrer in each glass or mug. These two recipes come from ''Rum Yesterday and Today,'' by Hugh Barty-King and Anton Massel.

SPICY RUM PUNCH

Steps:

• For the syrup, remove the skin from the oranges and lemons with a vegetable peeler and place the peelings in a large saucepan. Extract the juice from the oranges and lemons and add it to the saucepan with the remaining ingredients. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat and boil gently, uncovered, for 30 minutes. Strain through a fine strainer and cool. You should have 2 quarts.
• For the punch, combine the punch ingredients in a large container and mix well. Transfer to gallon jugs, cover and refrigerate until serving time.
• For each serving, place 1/2 cup ice cubes in an old-fashioned glass and pour 1/3 cup of the punch over the ice. Stir well and serve.

SPICED HOT RUM PUNCH

Steps:

• Into a microwave safe mug, pour the apple cider, orange juice and the rum.
• Stir in the sugar and add the cinnamon stick and clove.
• Heat in microwave on HIGH setting for 2 1/2* minutes (*please note: use caution here, as all microwaves are different- - your drink may be hot in only one minute!), until hot.
• Remove the spices and discard.
• Serve hot with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice, and an orange slice for garnish.