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A bully lukewarm sipper for cozy wintertime entertaining, this portion highlights the pome notes successful the brandy by pairing it with flavors you mightiness find successful an pome pie. You tin support the portion connected debased vigor connected the stove apical and adhd the pats of spiced food portion by drink.

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Chai beverage is disposable astatine astir market stores. Apple brandies are becoming much wide available; Laird’s is the astir good known, but we recovered aggregate brands astatine liquor stores astir the Washington area.

You volition person spiced food near over, which tin beryllium refrigerated for up to 2 weeks.

From Spirits columnist M. Carrie Allan. CLARIFICATION: This look has been updated since it was archetypal published, to clarify the serving directions.

Ingredients

For the drink

  • 8 cups water
  • 8 chai beverage bags
  • 1 1/2 cups pome brandy (see headnote)

For the spiced butter

  • 8 tablespoons (1 stick) salted butter, preferably European benignant oregon high-fat, astatine a chill country temperature
  • 1 tablespoonful finely grated orangish zest (from 1 ample navel orange)
  • 1/2 cupful packed airy brownish sugar
  • 1 spoon Angostura bitters
  • 1/2 spoon vanilla extract

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (using 4 tablespoons spiced butter)

  • Calories

    150

  • Fat

    4 g

  • Saturated Fat

    3 g

  • Carbohydrates

    7 g

  • Cholesterol

    10 mg

  • Sugar

    7 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Spirits columnist M. Carrie Allan. CLARIFICATION: This look has been updated since it was archetypal published, to clarify the serving directions.

Tested by M. Carrie Allan.

Published December 6, 2017

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Updated March 16, 2026

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