Homemade Apple Cider Recipe

Ingredients

* 8-10 apples (use Gala Apples for a less tart or intense taste)
* 1/2-1 cup sugar
* 4 tablespoons cinnamon (or 4 cinnamon sticks)
* 4 tablespoons allspice

Directions

1. Quarter your apples (no need to remove peel or seeds).

2. In a large stock pot add your apples and fill with water–just enough to cover the apples.

3. Add your sugar.

4. Wrap your cinnamon and allspice in a doubled up cheese cloth and tie, and add this to the apples and water.

5. Boil on high for one hour (uncovered) checking on it frequently.

6. Turn down heat and let simmer for two hours (covered).

7. Take off the heat after two hours of simmering and let cool.

8. Remove spices and mash up the apples to a pulp like consistency (a potato masher works well for this).

9. Once cool pour into a strainer over a large bowl. When most of the juice has drained away, put the remainder of the pulp into a doubled up cheese cloth and squeeze over the bowl until no more juice comes out.

10. (At this point you can either restrain the juice to get out the little bits of pulp that remain with a cheese cloth draped inside the strainer to catch them or just leave it like I do).

11. You can store in an air tight container in your refrigerator for up to a week or you can freeze it for later use if you like.

12. Reheat in the microwave or on the stove and enjoy either plain or you can add caramel syrup or caramels, whipped topping with cinnamon or, like my neighbors did if you like it really sweet, with marshmallows or marshmallow creme.

Recipe courtesy crazy crafter at RecipeZaar

11 Comments »

Misty Lenz:

Takes little work, a long time cooking. No matter! The end result was WONDERFUL. Don’t think one needs to worry much about it going to spoil. LOL Mine barely made it TO the refrigertor.

October 29th, 2008 at 11:07 am
Annie:

Thank you for this recipe … will be making it tomorrow, I can’t wait to try it!

November 10th, 2008 at 12:35 am
Fred:

I am going to try it out today

November 10th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Garrett:

its sounds good but im going to let mine boil and let sim all night then follow the instructions from there

November 26th, 2008 at 7:27 pm
Chelsea:

Hello! This was a wonderful recipe and its not quite finished simmering yet but i’ve been sneaking taste tests… Great!! Cant wait for it to be done, thank you very much:)

November 27th, 2008 at 12:57 am
josie at life learning academy high school:

thanks for the recipe we are going to try it out in our culinary class right now =)

December 9th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Maddie:

I really loved this recipe…glad to see you guys like it too! Let me know what you think of the Spiced Eggnog Cheesecake if you try it too!

December 12th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
Londi Lohse:

I just saw this recipe looks like it’s pretty easy. It’s cooking know I cant wait to try it. I liked the fact that it used fresh apples and no cloves. I’ve only tried apple cider made with apple juice and and an orange with cloves stuck in it. Personally I don’t like that apple cider so I am hopeful this will be much better. Thanks so much for this recipe.

December 17th, 2008 at 6:19 pm
Kimmi:

Sound like a really good recipe! cant way to give it a try :)

Thanks much for posting it for us all who is in need of apple cider!!!

Good apple cider that is

Thanks!

August 7th, 2009 at 4:02 am
Shirlene Lloyd:

I tried this recipe last year and it was great! I canned the apple cider with a pressure canner. Plus I used the leftover mush to make applesauce then apple butter!! I was told to keep this recipe by my husband, nephew, sister & brother in law cause it’s a keeper!!

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