Slow Cooker Cranberry Pear Cider
This Crock Pot Cranberry Pear Cider is made from scratch in your slow cooker! A festive, warm fall and winter beverage, perfect for Thanksgiving or Christmas!
Ingredients
- 10 pear quartered
- 1 orange quartered
- 2 cups cranberries
- 4 cinnamon stick
- 1 nutmeg whole
- 16 cloves
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup can sub brown sugar
- 8 cups water
For Garnish (Optional)
- orange sliced
- pear sliced
- cranberries
- cinnamon stick
Instructions
- Push the cloves into the orange rind.
- Add pears, orange, cranberries and spices to a large slow cooker/ crock pot. Fill with 8 cups of water.
- Cover and set to low for 4-5 hours.
- About one hour before it is done mash all the ingredients with a whisk or potato masher. Continue to cook for one more hour.
- When finished cooking, strain all solids with a fine mesh sieve. Rinse out slow cooker. Return to strained cider to slow cooker. Pour in the maple syrup and stir to combine (Can add more or less to taste, or use brown sugar instead of maple syrup).
- Garnish with orange and pear slices, cranberries and cinnamon sticks.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8 Cups
Amount Per Serving
Calories 189
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 189kcal | 9% |
| Carbohydrates | 50g | 17% |
| Protein | 1g | 2% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 18mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 347mg | 7% |
| Fiber | 10g | 40% |
| Sugar | 32g | 64% |
| Vitamin A | 105IU | 2% |
| Vitamin C | 21.6mg | 24% |
| Calcium | 71mg | 7% |
| Iron | 0.6mg | 3% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.