Aged Brandy Apple Cider Hot Toddy
Warm up from that winter chill with this aged brandy apple cider hot toddy! Add a little fruit aged brandy to your cider for a festive treat!
Dish Count :: 1 Sauce Pan, 1 Mason Jar
Now you guys know all about the family brandied fruit cake. And that this fruit cake is like nothing you’ve ever seen before. If by “like nothing you’ve ever seen before”, I mean, it’s boozy, not technicolor, and it takes a month to age. And yes, it is still good to eat after that long. It’s that boozy. But one of the extra wonderful, and sinful, by products of that fruit cake making is the aged fruity brandy that happens once you soak the dried fruit in all that booze!! The aged brandy becomes syrupy, sweet, and oh so luscious.
And it’s just what you need for sipping on before you go looking at Christmas lights… or to give your grandma, so she spills all her Christmas cookie secrets. Use it for good, or evil. The choice is up to you.
The brandy aged fruit in the family fruit cake is a mix of plums, apples, currants, raisins, and more. My bonus dad adds dried mangos to his, and that brandy takes on a whole new level of yum. So grab a mason jar, add in your fruit and pour a more than generous helping over the top of your dried fruit. Seal the jar and let it rest, shaking it up, for at least two days. The longer it sits, the better. But two days is a real sweet spot for aging if you just literally can’t even wait any more.
And we understand how enticing it is.
Whether you sip it straight, or add it to this aged brandy apple cider hot toddy, it’s absolutely divine, and so festive. Bust out those ugly Christmas sweaters friends, we’re gonna get lit like the Christmas tree!
And don’t forget the fruit cake! There is still time to make this family Christmas tradition!
Aged Brandy Apple Cider Hot Toddy
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 15 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Category: Beverage
- Cuisine: American
Description
Warm up from that winter chill with this aged brandy apple cider hot toddy! Add a little fruit aged brandy to your cider for a festive treat!
Ingredients
- 4 Ounces Fruit Aged Brandy
- 1/4 cup Aged Fruit from Aged Brandy
- 3 cups Apple Cider
- 1/8 tsp Cinnamon
Instructions
- In a saucepan, heat apple cider, and aged fruit cake until simmering.
- Add in cinnamon and stir to combine.
- Pour into mugs, and top with two ounces of aged brandy. Serve immediately.
Keywords: hot toddy, spiked apple cider, mulled cider
This Hot Toddy is the perfect winter warm-up. I love the apple and spice combination.
Thanks, Melissa!! We have so much snow coming down, this iwll help us all warm up!
I like the idea of using this to get grandma to spill her secrets 🙂
Works like a charm haha
Ditto what BETH said. I now know my Christmas mission!
Wow, I feel all warm and fuzzy just staring at it 🙂
Wow! This fruit aged brandy sounds incredible. I would love a mug of this before going to look at some Christmas lights!
Saving this for the next time I feel under the weather 🙂
Oh yes, it will definitely clear up what ails you!
This is the perfect winter drink!
It is definitely one of our favorites during the winter! Always best with family 🙂
Soooo perfect for chilly winter evenings.
And there are a lot of chilly nights ahead!! I better pour another one!
Totally in love with this drink! Perfect for the cold winter nights AND the holidays! 🙂
Oh most definitely!! It doesn’t take long to make, I hope you will enjoy some over the holidays!
Okay, so now I totally want both of these delicious things- the fruit cake & the hot toddy. Together preferably, lol. 😉
Oh yeah, they are stellar together!!
I do love a good hot toddy and this looks terrific. I don’t think I will be making any this year though with my pregnant wife…don’t want to make her jealous 😛
Thanks for sharing, pinned!
Thank you so much!! Well, keep this in mind when it gets chilly and you can both have a sip or two! 🙂
This looks SO good!! Perfect comforting drink for cold nights!
I’m gearing up for my second cold in 7 weeks post baby. I could definitely use this hot toddy right now.
I could really go for one of these right now – looks and sounds amazing!
A perfect combination of fruit cake & the hot toddy for this Christmas eve. Thanks Megan for sharing the recipe. 🙂
This looks so warm and comforting! My husband always makes me a hot toddy when I’m sick. I’m thinking we definitely need to try this version just to enjoy!
Yes, they are totally cold killers!!
If I showed this recipe to my husband, he would be requesting it all the time!
Have a wonderful holiday and hope it is filled with lots of good eats and drinks!
Happy Christmas to you to, Meg!! And I hope you and your hunny make a little extra brandy for some toddys!
Ok, this is absolutely the best apple cider recipe that I have made. So worth waiting for the fruit to macerate in the brandy. Yum! We are waiting on the blizzard to get here and this is just what we needed!
P.S. – I used Honeycrisp Apple cider – really good!
Lisa, I’m SOOOO excited you loved this recipe!! I have been making mine with honeycrisp cider, too! It’s just the BEST!! Cheers, dear!!