This Slow Cooker Apple Cider is surprisingly easy to make from scratch and so delicious!
Ingredients
9 medium
Apple
(assorted types - red, yellow and green)
1 medium
Orange
3 stick(s)
Cinnamon
2 tsp
Nutmeg, ground
1 1/2 tsp
Cloves
(ground)
1/2 tsp
Allspice, ground
12 cup
Water
(or more, depending on the size of the crockpot - see instructions)
1/3 cup
Brown sugar
Instructions
Wash the apples and the orange, and then roughly cut them into quarters. (Don’t worry about removing peels, seeds, or stems.) Place in the bowl of a large slow cooker. Add cinnamon sticks, nutmeg, cloves, and allspice. Cover with water, filling the slow cooker until it is nearly full. (leaving about 1/2 inch of space at the top of the pot.) Cook on high heat for 3-4 hours, or on low heat for 6-8 hours.
About an hour before the cider is done cooking, use a potato masher (or tongs, or the side of a spoon) to mash the apple and orange slices once they are soft. Finish cooking for one more hour.
Strain out the apple cider juice into a clean pitcher or pot. To get the maximum juice out of the apples, you can press them through a fine-mesh strainer or strain them through a cheesecloth. Stir in the brown sugar (or your desired amount of sweetener) until it is dissolved.
Serve hot. You can also transfer the cider to a heat-safe sealed container and refrigerate it for up to 5 days. Just rewarm the cider to serve.
