Categories: beverages, christmas

Ingredients

• 2 oranges
• 2 lemons
• 3 3-in cinnamon sticks
• 2 nutmegs, whole, buffed on 2 sides
• 12 cloves, whole
• 12 allspice berries, whole

Directions

1. eheat oven to 200. Remove the peel from around the oranges and lemons in long strips with a sharp paring knife, avoiding as much of the bitter white pith as possible. Lay the orange and lemon peels on a rack on top of a backing sheet. Bake in oven for 1 hour, then shut off the heat. Leave the peels in the oven overnight to dry.

2. Place the dried peels in a bowl and combine with the cinnamon sticks, nutmegs, cloves, and allspice berries.

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