HOT SPIKED CIDER

HOT SPIKED CIDER 1 quart water 3 orange spice tea bags 1/2 cup light brown sugar 2 cups apple cider 1 1/2 cups light rum 8 cinnamon sticks 3 teaspoons butter Pour water into a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and toss in the orange spice tea bags. Cover and let steep 5 minutes. Remove tea bags and stir in sugar, apple cider, rum, and 2 of the cinnamon sticks. Heat just to steaming -- do not boil. Ladle hot cider into 6 mugs and drop 1/2 teaspoon butter into each. Garnish with a cinnamon "swizzle" stick.