Homemade Apple Cider Recipe
A fresh apple cider recipe made from scratch.
Servings: 1 3/4 gallon
Equipment
- 1 slow cooker
- 1 large soup pot If you don't have a slow cooker
- 1 large knife
- 1 potato masher
- 1 measuring spoons
- 1 fine mesh strainer
- 1 cheese cloth optional
Ingredients
- 40 Apples quartered with core removed
- 1 gallon filtered water
- 4 sticks cinnamon or 1 tsp cinnamon
- ¼ teaspoon clove ground
- ¼ teaspoon nutmeg ground
- ¼ teaspoon ginger ground
Optional
- ¾ cup raw honey or unbleached cane sugar
- 1 orange sliced
Instructions
- Quarter the apples (leave skins on) and place them in a slow cooker or large soup pot.40 Apples
- Add water. If the water does not cover the apples, add more until it does (push the apples down).1 gallon filtered water
- Add cinnamon, clove, nutmeg, ginger, and honey. This is when you'd also add the honey and orange slices if desired.1/4 teaspoon clove
- If you are making this in a slow cooker, let it simmer for 4-6 hours. If you are making this in a stock pot, bring water to a simmer, reduce heat to low, cover and let set for 2 hours (watch that you have enough water, and stir occasionally).4 sticks cinnamon, 1/4 teaspoon clove, 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, 1/4 teaspoon ginger, 3/4 cup raw honey, 1 orange
- After two hours in stock pot or 4-6 hours in the slow cooker, use a potato masher to mash apples within the pot or slow cooker and let it simmer for another 30 min to an hour.
- Strain through a fine mesh strainer (I strain twice). Or if you would rather less pulp, strain through a cheese cloth.
- Store in a gallon jug in the refrigerator.