Get merry this holiday season with this semi-traditional wassail recipe with hard cider, baked apples, citrus, and spices! I’ve been making some version of wassail every holiday season for years, but this year I wanted to really do it right. I googled “traditional wassail” and went down a rabbit hole of history and variations. Wassail has […]
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Get merry this holiday season with this semi-traditional wassail recipe with hard cider, baked apples, citrus, and spices!

I’ve been making some version of wassail every holiday season for years, but this year I wanted to really do it right. I googled “traditional wassail” and went down a rabbit hole of history and variations. Wassail has been around for a long, long time! And it’s been made so many ways? with cider, wine, and even beer. Some old recipes call for a topping of bread, others frothy whipped eggs. But almost all recipes seem to start with baked apples, and so that’s where I began. From there I combined what I liked from several recipes to make my own variation on the classic.
To the baked apples I’ve added hard apple cider, sweet Madeira wine, and brandy. Oranges and lemon brighten it up, while spices like cinnamon, allspice, and cloves make it super cozy. Mull it all together until all the flavors have blended and you have a perfect sip-able drink to get you through the new year. Continue Read...