Homemade Apple Cider
User Reviews
5.0
30 reviews
Excellent
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Prep Time
10 mins
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Cook Time
3 hrs
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Servings
10 cups
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Calories
123 kcal
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Cuisine
American
Homemade Apple Cider
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Homemade Apple Cider is so heartwarming, delicious and so easy to make! With instructions on making it on the stove stop, in a slow cooker or instant pot, a recipe video and so many tips, you'll be making this over and over!
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Ingredients
- 10-12 apples Any type or a combo of apples, quartered.
- 1-2 oranges quartered
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 6 cloves whole
- 2 Whole anise star
- 3 cops Ultima Orange replenisher
- 15 cups water
Garnish
- 1 apple thinly sliced
- 1 orange thinly sliced
- 4 cinnamon sticks
Instructions
Stove Top Homemade Apple Cider
Crock-pot Apple Cider
Instant Pot Apple Cider
Notes
- Quality apples are what make a great tasting apple cider.
- The type of apple you choose can vary from one to many depending on your taste. A variety is best unless you have an absolute favorite and you want that flavor to shine.
- The best way to sweeten your homemade apple cider is using the Ultima Replenisher by far (more on that above)! Not only does it add the perfect sweetness, it adds so with a boost of orange taste, electrolytes and zero sugar!
- The spices are completely personal. Cinnamon and clove may be the basic ones. Other options include fresh ginger knobs, anise flower, fennel seeds, nutmeg, allspice, cardamom and more.
- Another great option to flavor your apple cider is to use a chai spice tea bag. Make sure you remove it before mashing the apples though.
- Choose your favorite way to cook the homemade apple cider-whether stovetop, crock-pot or instant pot. They all make your home smell amazing!
- You can use a fine mesh strainer or cheese cloth to strain the apples.
- The pulp you get after straining tastes like an amazing thick apple sauce! Don't throw that out--make sure you snack on it, or add it to smoothies, or even bake with it! Hello Apple Cinnamon Muffins and Apple Crumble!
- Serve your homemade apple cider hot or cold, and serve it as it is non-alcoholic or with a splash of spirit.
- You can use any type of apples you like for this recipe. If you have a favorite variety, by all means go for it! If you have a few different types on hand, use those. The strongest flavored apples are Granny Smith and Honeycrisp so make sure you include one or both of those.
- While it's optional, I have to say that it's best not to peel the apples at all! The apple cider will be much more flavorful wwhen you cook the apples with their peel. If you're afraid to taste apple peel in your apple cider, don't worry about that since the apples will cook for long hours and the skin softens tremendously. Plus you will be straining the apple cider anyway so you won't drink a chunk of apple peel :)
- Absolutely whole spices. They have the most flavor which is needed when cooking the apple cider for long hours. The spiced will be strained out as well at the end so you won't crunch on a while spice :)
- When refrigerated , homemade apple cider will keep for two weeks. Just heat up your cup as you're serving it and leave the remaining cider in the fridge.
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