Homemade Apple Cider
This delicious homemade apple cider is slow cooked to perfection. Serve hot or cold at a holiday party (but it's best when warmed!), and the whole crowd will drink it all up!
Ingredients
- 2 medium sized granny smith apples
- 3 large fuji apples
- 2 large navel oranges
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 4 whole cloves in the video my cloves were crushed
- 4 cups water
- 1/2 cup sugar or splenda
- 2 tsp of pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- Wash all of the fruit under cool water, then slice and place into a large bowl.
- Add 3 sticks of cinnamon, and the clove.
- Wrap all of the contents in the bowl with a cheesecloth, and tie.
- Place the ingredients into the Crock Pot.
- Sprinkle in the sugar, and pour in the water.
- Cover the Crock Pot with the lid, and set it on high for 6 hours.
- During the fourth hour, use a kitchen utensil to mash the fruit in the cheesecloth. Cover, and let it continue to cook.
- Remove the cheesecloth, full of fruit, from the Crock Pot. Strain all of the liquid, and place it back into the pot. Discard the fruit remains.
- Strain the apple cider until all of the pulp is gone, add in the vanilla extract, and stir.
- Serve!