Rosemary and Thyme.
Basically, like all wonderful slow cooker recipes, you really just need to put everything in the Crock Pot and walk away.I’m going to go ahead and say that another mandatory step is to make sure you wander back into your kitchen every now and then to enjoy how great this mulled cider makes your house smell.
I always say that a nice smelling house feels so much cleaner, and this is a pretty fabulous way of going about achieving that.. Start out by pouring your cider into the crock pot and turn it on low..When it comes time to add the spices, you have a couple of options:.You can just toss the spices right in and let them mull about (pun intended!)
until it’s time to serve the cider, at which point you can strain the spices out as you pour the cider into a big punch bowl.The spices look really pretty floating around in there, which is a great thing if you’re going to have friends and family sneaking a peek at what you’re making.. You can tie your spices up in a little sachet made out of cheesecloth or even a coffee filter and dunk it into the cider.
This is super convenient because you can just pull the sachet out when it’s time to serve, although it might look a little weird to have a little packet made out of a coffee filter floating around in there..
Either way you choose, you’ll want to use about a half-gallon of cider to four tablespoons of store-bought mulling spices, or one full recipe of my.Post it on your fridge or file it away in your home keeping binder so you can check off what you get done!.
Dust Everything.There’s nothing that dulls the sparkle of a beautifully-decorated home quite like the layer of dust that will inevitably show up on your Christmas decor once you’ve had it set up for a week or so.
If you’re like me and you tend to decorate a little on the early side, consider this your friendly reminder to dust both your regular dustable surfaces and your Christmas decor pieces as well.. Polish Glassware and Utensils.I’m not talking about all of your everyday stuff.