Beverages – Brenda blogs about … https://brendablog.com cooking, baking, miscellaneous recipes lying around Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:58:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 Chai Syrup https://brendablog.com/recipe/chai-syrup/ Tue, 30 Dec 2025 21:20:50 +0000 https://brendablog.com/?post_type=recipe&p=632 Stir into hot milk, use to flavor pudding, lots of uses!

  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 7/8 c water
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons ground ginger
  • 1.5 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoons allspice
  • .75 teaspoons clove
  • .75 teaspoons cardamom
  • .75 teaspoons ground pepper
  • .5 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Stir spices together. Bring everything to a boil, then simmer 10 minutes. Add vanilla and cool.

Makes 1 cup. Store in airtight container in fridge after cooling.

Adapted from this recipe.

]]> Cranberry Fruit Punch https://brendablog.com/recipe/cranberry-fruit-punch/ Sat, 27 Nov 2010 01:15:59 +0000 http://www.brendablog.com/?p=188
  • 3 quarts water
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 cups strong tea
  • 12 oz frozen lemonade, thawed
  • 2 quarts cranberry juice
  • 1 quart apple juice
  • 2 cups orange juice
    1. Heat water and sugar to boiling, until sugar is dissolved. Cool.
    2. Prepare tea using 1 Tbsp loose tea or 3 tea bags and 2 cups boiling water. Cool. Refrigerate all ingredients.
    3. Just before serving, mix in large punch bowl.
    4. 60 servings, about ½ cup each.
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