Best Country Christmas Tea Recipes

COUNTRY CHRISTMAS TEA

Steps:

• Pour 8 cups boiling water into a slow cooker. Add 16 chai tea bags; secure the lid with the tea bag tabs hanging outside and steep 10 minutes. Remove the tea bags. Stir in 1/2 cup each spiced rum and vanilla-flavored vodka and 2 cinnamon sticks. Cover and cook on low for 2 hours. Stir in 2 cups sweetened condensed milk; switch to the warm setting until ready to serve. Ladle into mugs and garnish with cinnamon sticks.
• If you don't have a slow cooker, keep these drinks warm in a saucepan on the stovetop over low heat.

SPICED CHRISTMAS TEA

Steps:

• 1. Gather all ingredients.
• 2. Pour ingredients into a large bowl.
• 3. Mix well.
• 4. Measure out 2 tablespoons per cup of hot water for tea and enjoy.
• 5. This can be divided into pretty jars and given out as gifts.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TEA

Steps:

• Place ginger and cinnamon sticks on a double thickness of cheesecloth. Bring up corners of cloth; tie with a string to form a bag. Set aside., Place juice and water in a large saucepan. Bring to a boil. Remove from the heat. Add tea bags and spice bag; cover and steep for 8 minutes. Discard tea bags and spice bag; stir in honey. Serve warm. If desired, serve with pomegranate seeds, orange wedges and additional cinnamon sticks.

DOUGHNUT TREE

Steps:

• Special equipment: styrofoam cone and toothpicks
• Fill a zip top bag with icing. Snip a small corner of the bag to make a piping bag.
• Place the styrofoam cone on a plate and frost with icing. Starting at the base and working up, secure mini doughnuts to the cone with toothpicks. Using the piping bag fill in the gaps between doughnuts with icing.
• In the larger gaps between the doughnuts, place candy mint leaves secured with toothpicks and blue jelly beans.

CHRISTMAS TEA

Steps:

• In a 6-qt saucepan, boil the water, sugar, orange juice, lemon juice, and cinnamon candies.
• Stir and boil until cinnamon candies are dissolved.
• Add the pineapple juice and cranberry juice and cook over medium heat, stirring until the punch is thoroughly heated.
• Serve hot. You can keep it in a hot crock pot for a party.

HOT SPICED TEA FOR THE HOLIDAYS

Steps:

• Pour water into a pot; add cloves and cinnamon stick. Bring water to a boil; remove from heat. Add tea bags to water and set aside to steep until the tea is to your preferred strength, at least 5 minutes. Remove and discard cloves, cinnamon stick, and tea bags.
• Stir orange juice, sugar, pineapple juice, and lemon juice together in a saucepan; bring to a boil. Cook and stir the juice mixture until the sugar dissolves completely. Pour juice mixture into the spiced tea; serve hot.