Perfect hot sipper as a reward for spending the day Xmas shopping at the crowded mall. Drop the packages on the living room floor, fire up the stereo, throw a log on the fire, and make you and yours this perfect end to a chilly, demanding day. The recipe below makes four drinks, so you and your wife should be all set. More of a winter relax aid than a cocktail, I look at this one as a form of therapy.

Here we go –

• 8 oz Applejack
• 1-Quart Cider
• 4 tsp. Fine sugar
• Nutmeg
• 4 twists lemon peel
• 4 Cinnamon sticks
• 4 small pats of sweet butter

Heat cider to a near boil. In each of four mugs put teaspoon of sugar, cinnamon stick, twist, 2 oz Applejack and a pinch of nutmeg. Fill mugs with hot cider and top each with a pat of butter. Put feet up.

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