Seasonal Recipes
Hot Apple Cider
I don’t know about you, but when I think of the fall approaching I automatically think about Hot Apple Cider. It is such a simple thing to make for you and your family or at a dinner party with friends. This recipe is the real deal, it’s a few simple steps but the cooking process takes a while… we promise it’s worth it.
Hot Apple Cider
- Prep Time:
- 5 minutes
- Cook Time:
- 6 hours
- Total Time:
- 6 hours & 5 minutes
- Yields:
- 6 persons
Ingredients
- 4 Granny Smith apples, sliced
- 4 red delicious apples, sliced
- 1 orange, peeled and sliced (peel adds bitterness)
- 1 Tbsp whole allspice
- 1 Tbsp whole clove
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 1/2 cup brown sugar (for sweetness if desired)
- 8 cups water (1.9 L)
directions
- Place fruit and spices into a slow cooker
- Add 8 cups of water
- Cook on high heat for 3-4 hours.
- Uncover the slow cooker, and mash the softened fruit with a potato masher.
- Cover again and cook on low for 1-2 hours.
- Strain out fruit and spices from the slow cooker into a cheese cloth in a bowl.
- Wait about 20-30 minutes for the cheesecloth to cool. Squeeze out cider from cheesecloth into the bowl. Pour the cider back into the slow cooker.
- Add the brown sugar (optional).
- Serve warm.
- Enjoy!
Notes
- Make sure to not over mash the fruit.
- Some people love the organe peel to be intact when making cider, but its optional. The orange peel adds a bit of bitterness.
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