This Spiced Mulled Wine is made easily in 20 minutes! It’s simmered with warm spices, slightly sweetened with simple syrup and so cozy!

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Have you had mulled wine before? If not, your life is about to change. Take everything you love about wine, red or white. Now turn it into a warm and cozy version that is perfect for every fireplace, tree, holiday party and dinner. This may have been the holiday drink missing from your life this whole time.

The history of mulled wine is quite interesting and it’s exactly what I thought it would be. Of course most of the things we enjoy now had a solid purpose – the Romans, loaded with wine , would heat it to defend their bodies against the cold winter. Makes total sense right?! That love spread, and here we are today, discussing it over a cuppa.

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My favourite part about it is that it’s so easy to make and similar to apple cider. Heat the wine with your favourite spiced cider ingredients. Mine would be cinnamon sticks, star anise, cloves and slices of oranges. You can totally play it up or down with even more ingredients. I actually used my cranberry rosemary simple syrup to sweeten this, so the world is your oyster here friends.

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After that, you heat it on medium to low heat for 20 minutes. You don’t want it to go above a slight simmer – and definitely not a boil (you’ll lose half the wine that way). After it’s heated through, serve and enjoy! I stir in a tablespoon at a time of simple syrup until it reaches my desired sweetness, so I would suggest the same for you. P.S. this would be a perfect part of your hygge routine!

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Enjoy friends! Also, remember this is pure alcohol, as cozy as it is!

Ingredients

  • 1 750ml bottle red wine (we love Malbec)
  • 1 orange , sliced
  • 1 tablespoon whole cloves
  • 3 star anise pods
  • 3 cinnamon sticks
  • ¼ cup simple syrup

Instructions

  • Add the wine and all the other ingredients except the simple syrup to a pot. Bring to a medium-low heat, and stir together. Allow to simmer slightly for 20 minutes. Remove from heat, serve and enjoy! Feel free to sweeten it with simple syrup of your choice such, such as my cranberry rosemary simple syrup.
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Spiced Mulled Wine

Ingredients

  • 1 750ml bottle red wine (we love Malbec)
  • 1 orange sliced
  • 1 tablespoon whole cloves
  • 3 star anise pods
  • 3 cinnamon sticks
  • ¼ cup simple syrup

Instructions

  • Add the wine and all the other ingredients except the simple syrup to a pot. Bring to a medium-low heat, and stir together. Allow to simmer slightly for 20 minutes. Remove from heat, serve and enjoy! Feel free to sweeten it with simple syrup of your choice such, such as my cranberry rosemary simple syrup.

Nutrition

Spiced Mulled Wine https://jessicainthekitchen.com/spiced-mulled-wine/ December 6, 2019

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Ingredients

  • 1 cup chocolate chips, melted , 188g
  • 1 cup all purpose flour , 133.75g
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 flax eggs , - Learn how to make a flax egg OR use 2 Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacers*
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar (I use raw brown sugar, cane sugar or coconut sugar ) , 158g
  • 6 tablespoons melted coconut oil , 75g
  • 1/4 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • ¼ cup peanut butter

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 325°F/165°C. Grease and prepare the brownie pan and set it aside.
  • Melt chocolate chips in microwave for a minute, stirring after to see if chips have melted. If not, microwave in increments of 30 seconds until completely melted. Alternatively, you can melt in over a small pot of boiling water (Not a lot of water in the pot) and put the chocolate chips it in a heat proof and melt proof bowl over the pot and stir until melted.
  • In a medium bowl, whisk the flour, salt and baking soda until combined. Set aside.
  • In a separate bowl, add the flax eggs or egg replacement, coconut sugar and coconut oil and mix until combined for about 2 minutes. Add the water and the vanilla extract. Add to the dry mixture to the wet mixture and melted chocolate chips and stir for about 3 minutes until combined.
  • Pour into a greased, parchment lined, or a greased foil-lined 8x8 square pan.
  • Warm up the peanut butter for about 15 seconds until warm and extra runny. Dollop the peanut butter on top of the brownies. I like to do it in medium circles that don’t touch all over the batter, then slowly using a knife, swirl left to right from top to bottom through the batter, up and down from right to left to get the swirl through the whole batter. Don’t over do it or you’ll just get a muddle.
  • Bake for 40-45 minutes. The centre might still be a bit wobbly. When finished, remove from oven carefully and allow to cool completely until room temperature. Cut and enjoy!