This festive BEST Wassail Recipe is our families favorite! It isn’t Christmas until we’ve made a couple batches of this warm, fruity drink that smells like Christmas while it is brewing and tastes even better going down! This is a holiday drink for the whole family!
Family Favorite Christmas Recipes
- Egg Bake Breakfast Casserole
- Amazing Snicker Cookie Recipe
- Jazzed up Cream Chicken over Biscuits
- Red & Green Christmas Cookies
- Grinch Christmas Cookies Recipe
- Overnight French Toast Casserole
- Best Sugar Cookies recipe
- Soft Gingerbread Cookies
BEST Wassail Recipe
A lot of wassail recipes out there are not much more than apple cider and cinnamon. Not so with this family favorite, BEST Wassail Recipe! This recipe combines several ingredients to make an amazing blend that will smell and taste like the best Christmas drink you’ve ever had!
This Wassail recipe is our families traditional recipe we use every year. Kids and adults alike enjoy the festive smell and flavor, plus the warm drink warms us up on those cold winter days.
Add in 1/3 cup of honey.
Next add in 1/3 teaspoon nutmeg plus a couple dashes of cinnamon if you like.
Now zest a lemon (or use store bought lemon peel, but fresh is better) and then cut the lemon in half and sqeeze out the lemon juice to add to the pot.
After you’ve simmered all the ingredients together so the flavors mix together you will have this amazing, festive wassail all ready to serve.
BEST Wassail Recipe
Ingredients
- 8 cups apple cider
- 2 sticks cinnamon
- 1/3 teaspoon nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/3 cup honey
- 1 1/2 teaspoon lemon peel
- 5 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 1/2 cups pineapple juice
Instructions
- In large pot combine all ingredients and simmer to blend ingredients.HINT: We grate the peel of a lemon and squeeze the juice of the same lemon to give us what we need for this recipe.
