Hot Apple Cider Recipe

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Hot Apple Cider is a delicious warm drink made with mulled spices and fruit. This tasty beverage is best enjoyed on a cool Fall day. 

If you are looking for other recipes to warm you  up, try my Mexican Hot Chocolate or Slow Cooker Caramel Hot Chocolate.  

Hot Apple Cider Ingredients

To make this mulled apple cider recipe, you will need the following ingredients (go to the recipe below for exact quantities and instructions):

• Apples: the best apples to use for cider are a mix of tart (i.e. Granny Smith, Braeburn, Jonathan, Pacific Rose) and sweet (i.e. Gala, Golden Delicious, Jazz, Honeycrisp, Pink Lady, Gala, Fuji, and Cortland) apples
• Navel orange
• Cinnamon sticks
• Ginger root
• Whole cloves
• Water

How to Make Hot Apple Cider from Scratch

If you want to know how to make homemade apple cider from scratch, just follow these simple instructions.

1. Add all ingredients to large pot. Place apples, orange, cinnamon sticks, ginger and cloves in a 6 quart stockpot or large dutch oven. Fill pot with water up to one inch below the top. Heat on medium until starting to bubble.
2. Simmer the cider. Lower heat and simmer, covered, for one hour.
3. Remove the remnants. Remove pot from heat. Discard the solid materials using a fine mesh strainer. 

What is Mulled Cider?

Mulled cider is sweet cider that has been heated up with certain spices and citrus fruit. It is served warm or hot. Mulling spices usually include cinnamon, clove, allspice, and nutmeg and sometimes cardamom, star anise, and peppercorn.

How to Serve Hot Apple Cider

Ladle cider into mugs and serve hot. Garnished with cinnamon stick or orange slice if desired.

Storage Instructions

This homemade mulled cider will keep in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. To reheat, pour back into a large pot and warm over medium heat until just starting to bubble.

Can I Make Hot Apple Cider in a Slow Cooker?

Yes! Place all the ingredients in the slow cooker in the same manner as in the recipe, cover and cook on LOW for 4 hours.

Can This Hot Apple Cider be Made as an Alcoholic Drink?

It sure can! Here is what you need to do to make spiked apple cider. After removing the mulled cider pot from the heat, pour in your liquor of choice. Up to 2 cups is enough for a 6 quart recipe. Bourbon, brandy, dark rum, cognac, whiskey, scotch, and even tequila all work well with the flavors here.

Hot Apple Cider

Author: Emily Pecoraro

Hot Apple Cider is a delicious warm drink made with mulled spices and fruit. This tasty beverage is best enjoyed on a cool Fall day. 

5 from 1 vote

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Cook Time 1 hour hr

Total Time 1 hour hr 5 minutes mins

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Servings 16

Calories 25 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• ▢ 3 apples chopped
• ▢ 1 navel orange quartered or sliced
• ▢ 3 cinnamon sticks
• ▢ 1 piece fresh ginger 1 inch
• ▢ 1 tablespoon whole cloves
• ▢ water

Instructions

 

• Place apples, orange, cinnamon sticks, ginger and cloves in a 6 quart stockpot or large dutch oven.
• Fill pot with water up to one inch below the top. Heat on medium until starting to bubble. Lower heat and simmer, covered, for one hour.
• Remove pot from heat. Discard the solid materials.
• Ladle cider into mugs and serve hot, garnished with cinnamon stick or orange slice if desired.

Nutrition

Serving: 1Calories: 25kcalCarbohydrates: 7gProtein: 0.2gFat: 0.1gSaturated Fat: 0.02gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.04gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.01gTrans Fat: 0.001gSodium: 1mgPotassium: 58mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 42IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 14mgIron: 0.1mg

The nutrition information is calculated using online nutrition calculators and may not be accurate. It is provided as a general guide only.

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