Slow Cooker Apple Cider
Total Time
4 hours and 10 minutes
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
4 hours
Rating
4.5 out of 5 stars
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Ingredients
14 servings
- 9 medium apples, assorted types (I used a mixture of red, yellow and green apples)
- 1 orange
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 1 whole nutmeg
- 2 teaspoons whole cloves
- 1/2 teaspoon whole allspice (optional)
- 12-16 cups water
- 1/3 – 2/3 cup brown sugar (or your desired sweetener*)
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Preparation
Step 1
Wash apples and the orange, and then roughly cut into quarters. (Don’t worry about removing peels, seeds, or stems.) Place in the bowl of your a large cooker. Add cinnamon sticks, nutmeg, cloves and allspice. Cover with water, filling the slow cooker until it is nearly full. (I left about 1/2 inch of space at the top of my pot.) Cook on high heat for 3-4 hours, or on low heat for 6-8 hours.
Step 2
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.
Step 3
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 through a cheese cloth. Stir in your desired amount of sweetener until it is dissolved.
Step 4
Serve hot. (You can also transfer the cider to a heat-safe sealed container and refrigerate for up to 5 days. Just rewarm the cider to serve.)
Step 5
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