Slow Cooker Apple Cider
Forget the store bought apple cider, this recipe is so easy and only requires a few ingredients. Once you make this you’ll never want to cheapen your fall home experience with store bought apple cider again.
Servings: 12
Calories:
Equipment
- Slow Cooker (6QT or larger)
Ingredients
- 12 apples (Gala, Fuji, Jonagold, Honeycrisp, Red Delicious or Golden Delicious)
- 1 orange
- 4 cinnamon sticks
- 10 cups filtered water
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp whole cloves
- ½ tsp ground nutmeg
Instructions
- Clean the apples and cut into quarters (4 pieces); leave the core and seeds. Peel the orange and cut into quarters (4 pieces).
- Place the cut apples, orange, cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, brown sugar and water into the pressure cooker or slow cooker. Put the lid on.
- Cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 6-8 hours.
- Remove the lid and use a potato masher or wooden spoon to mash everything together. Place a fine mesh strainer in a big bowl or pot. Scoop out the contents of the cooker and place in the fine mesh strainer. Use a wooden spoon and press against the strainer to remove all the juice from the mashed cider mixture. Once thoroughly strained, discard remains.
- Transfer the fresh and hot apple cider to a jar or pitcher that has a sealer/top. The cider will keep refrigerated up to one week. The Cider will keep up to 3 months in the freezer.
- Add more sweetener if you prefer and garnish with cinnamon, oranges or apples.