Cider Bugs Recipe
Oranges; halved; pulp 2 Whole clove Removed
Tissue paper
Brown sugar <<
Cinnamon sticks
Colored plastic wrap
Whole nutmeg
Cut oranges in half and remove the pulp as best you can. Dry the oranges in a 250 degree oven for abut 2 hours on warm. Allow to cool thoroughly. Mound brown sugar into the empty half shell. Use cinnamon sticks for legs along the sides (6 to 8 depending on the size of the orange). Just push into the sugar. A whole nutmeg is pushed into the sugar as the head with 2 whole cloves for eyes. Wrap in tissue paper or colored plastic wrap with instruction to just drop into two quarts of cider and heat through. My neighbors love these and ask for them year after year.