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Hot Apple Cider Recipe

A cosy and warming homemade apple cider recipe for autumn.
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Prep Time:8 minutes
Cook Time:5 hours
Servings: 10

Ingredients

  • 1 orange plus optional extra slices for garnish
  • 12 apples I make with 6 green and 6 red
  • 4 cinnamon sticks
  • ½ cup of maple syrup or brown sugar sweet option or ¼ cup if you prefer a little spicier.
  • ¼ teaspoon of nutmeg
  • Water enough to cover the apples in your slow cooker or stove pot

Instructions

  1. Cut fruit: Cut up your apples into wedges and orange into slices. I leave the peel on the orange and the skin on the apple for more flavour.
  2. Fill slow cooker: Place apple, orange, cinnamon sticks, maple syrup (or sugar) and nutmeg in the slow cooker. Cover with water until the ingredients are just covered.
  3. Slow cook: Slow cook on low for 6 hours or 4 hours on high.
  4. Mash fruit & cook longer: After the designated time, remove the cinnamon sticks and use a potato masher to mash the softened fruit in the slow cooker. Continue to cook on low for 1 more hour.
  5. Strain: Remove from heat. Carefully tip the liquid over the top of a mesh strainer to filter out the fruit chunks. BE SURE to catch the liquid underneath in a jar or container. I nearly tipped it down the sink the first time I made this (mum mode at night). Once you taste it, you can adjust increase sweetness to your desired level.
  6. Serve: Serve warm with a slice of orange. DELICIOUS! Keep in the fridge for up to a week. Warm up on the stove to serve again.