Homemade Apple Cider
With apples, spices, brown sugar and more, this Homemade Apple Cider will be your go-to fall drink recipe!
Servings: 12
Calories: 138kcal
Ingredients
- 6 Granny Smith apples
- 6 Honeycrisp apples or other sweet variety
- 1 orange thinly sliced
- 3 whole cinnamon sticks + more for serving
- 1 teaspoon whole cloves
- 1 teaspoon whole allspice
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 6 cups water
Instructions
- Quarter whole apples and add to a large stockpot or Dutch oven, then cover with water.
- Add orange slices, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and allspice, then stir.
- Heat over high heat until boiling, then reduce to low. Cover, and simmer for 1 ½ hours or until apples have completely softened.
- Using a potato masher, mash everything in pot together.
- Place fine mesh strainer over a large bowl and carefully pour cider into strainer. Use wooden spoon or spatula to press down on apple pieces to remove juice and discard, repeat with remaining apples and spices.
- Whisk in brown sugar and serve.
Notes
- We like to use a mixture of sweet and tart apples, you can see above on options.
- This can be made in the slow cooker, see above on how to do that.
- We do not recommend freezing this recipe.
- This makes roughly 1.5-2 quarts of Apple Cider.
- You can spike this recipe using bourbon, dark rum or vodka.
- This can be served chilled if you'd like that.
- Add more or less of the brown sugar depending on your sweetness priority.
- Serve with a cinnamon stick or a sprinkle of cinnamon on top for a delicious flavor.
- You can use this is baking recipes that call for apple cider.
- Double this recipe, but you will need a very large pot.
Nutrition
Calories: 138kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 0.4g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Sodium: 11mg | Potassium: 236mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 29g | Vitamin A: 128IU | Vitamin C: 14mg | Calcium: 38mg | Iron: 0.4mg