Kitchen Table: Hot Cranberry Punch Recipe

Serves 12
Brew this hot cranberry punch recipe for festive occasions.

• 2 lemons, thickly sliced
• 24 whole cloves
• 6 cups cranberry juice cocktail
• 2 cups lemonade
• ½ teaspoon ground cloves
• ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 cup sugar or honey
• 12 cinnamon sticks

1. Stud the lemon slices with the whole cloves. Combine the other ingredients in a nonreactive pot, add the lemon slices, and simmer for 15 minutes.
2. Serve in a 2-quart punch bowl. Garnish individual servings with the cinnamon sticks.

–Christine Sheffield, Roseville, California