With Yule on the way, I thought I would share a recipe that we love in my family for wassail. You might be wondering just what is wassail. Wassail is a strong alcoholic punch like drink that is commonly made with ale and apples. It was once a very common and important part of the Yule season. The holiday carol ‘A Wassailing We Come’ is in fact about this drink. In the past friends and neighbors would go wassailing what we might call caroling today. if you lessen to the modern carol you can hear the tradition of them going around singing in exchange for an offering of strong drink(wassail) and some coins for their purse. Honestly, I might have enjoyed caroling more if they were handing out alcohol lol. The idea was to bring good health and joy to all those you shared the wassail with. So enjoy the video below to learn more and make a batch of wassail for you and your family and be in good health and cheer. From our family to yours have a wonderful holiday and a very blessed Yule.
Holiday Spice
1 tbsp ground ginger
1 tbsp ground cinnamon
1 tbsp ground nutmeg
1/2 tbsp ground cloves
1/2 tbsp ground black pepper
Wassail Ingredients
1 cup Brown sugar
1 tbsp cinnamon (can be removed)
3 bottles of ale
3 bottles of hard cider
1/2 cup brandy
1/2 cup maple syrup
1 tbsp holiday spice
2 sticks cinnamon
whipped cream
Add to a crockpot and heat on low till warm serve warm with whipped cream on top.