Slow Cooker Apple Cider
Easy to make with fresh apples and guaranteed to make your house smell like fall!
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Servings: 8
Calories: 188kcal
Ingredients
- 1 pound tart apples such as Granny Smith or McIntosh
- 1 pound sweet apples such as Gala, Fiji, or Honeycrisp
- 6 whole cloves
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 6 cups water
- 1 1/4 cup light brown sugar
Instructions
- Cut each apple in half then scoop out and discard the seeds and stems. Cut each half into 4 slices so that you have 8 slices per apple. Place the apple slices in the slow cooker.
- Add the whole cloves, cinnamon sticks, and water.
- Cover and cook on high for 4 hours, until the apples are soft and mushy in texture.
- Remove the lid and carefully take out the cinnamon sticks.
- Using an immersion blender, blend the apples until the cider is smooth.
- Return the cinnamon sticks to the slow cooker.
- Replace the lid and continue cooking for an additional 2 hours.
- Add the brown sugar and stir until dissolved.
- Remove cinnamon sticks then, over a large pot, ladle the apple mixture through a fine-mesh strainer, pressing down on the apple pulp with the back of the ladle to extract the liquid.
- Taste and add additional brown sugar, as needed, to taste.
- Serve hot or allow to cool then refrigerate to serve cold later.
Nutrition
Calories: 188kcal | Carbohydrates: 49g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Sodium: 21mg | Potassium: 156mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 45g | Vitamin A: 51IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 54mg | Iron: 1mg
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