Homemade Apple Cider
Homemade Apple Cider is a delicious festive fall drink that will warm you up from the inside out! The sweet apple flavor mixed with the cinnamon and all-spice make this hot drink cozy and comforting! Perfect for cooler temperatures and fall get togethers!
Ingredients
- 2 quarts of water 8 cups
- 12 apples washed and cut
- 1 orange washed and cut
- 6 cinnamon sticks
- 1 tbsp whole all-spice
- 1/4 cup brown sugar optional
Instructions
- To make in the Instant Pot: Pour the water into the Instant Pot liner.
- Add the cut apples, orange, cinnamon sticks and whole all-spice to the water in the Instant Pot. Give it a good stir insuring the cinnamon sticks are submerged in the water. (I like to cut the apples and orange in half, and then quarter each half.)
- Cook on Manual (or pressure cook) HIGH for 3 minutes. Allow for a 5 minute NPR before releasing the pressure manually.
- Use a potato masher to mash all of the contents inside the Instant Pot. Mash for a good 5 minutes or so.
- Use a fine strainer to strain the pulp out of the apple cider.
- You can run the cider through a cheesecloth lined strainer for a second time if desired.
- Give the cider a taste and add up to 1/4 cup brown sugar if the cider needs to be sweetened at all.
- Serve while hot
- To make in the Crockpot: Place the water, apples, orange, cinnamon sticks and whole all-spice into the crockpot.
- Cook on HIGH for 3 hours.
- Mash the contents in the crockpot and then cook for an additional hour.
- Use a fine strainer to strain the pulp out of the apple cider.
- You can run the cider through a cheesecloth lined strainer for a second time if desired.
- Give the cider a taste and add up to 1/4 cup brown sugar if the cider needs to be sweetened at all.
- Serve while hot