Deep Red Apple Cider Crock Pot Recipes

SHORTCUT SLOW-COOKER APPLE CIDER

This homemade cider couldn't be easier: Cut a dozen of your favorite apples into wedges -- skins, seeds, stems and all -- and add to a slow cooker with some spices and water. A bonus: your house will smell delicious too!

Provided by Food Network Kitchen

Categories beverage

Time 6h15m

Yield 12 cups

Number Of Ingredients 5

Shortcut Slow-Cooker Apple Cider image

Steps:

Thoroughly wash and dry the apples. Cut each apple into 8 wedges (skins, seeds and stems included) and transfer to a 7-quart slow cooker. Add the cloves, cinnamon sticks and 12 cups water. Cook on high, covered, for 4 hours.
Remove the lid and carefully crush the apples with a potato masher. Cover again and cook on high for another 2 hours.
Set a large, fine-mesh strainer over a large stockpot. In batches, ladle the apple mixture into the strainer and use the back of the ladle to press down on the apple pulp to extract the liquid. Discard the pulp. Stir in 1/2 cup of the brown sugar until completely dissolved. Taste and add additional sugar if needed.
Serve the apple cider hot or allow it to cool fully, then serve it chilled over ice.

Ingredients

6 large tart apples, such as Granny Smith (about 2 pounds)
6 large sweet apples, such as Gala (about 2 pounds)
12 whole cloves
6 cinnamon sticks
1/2 to 1 cup packed light brown sugar

SLOW COOKER HOT SPICED APPLE CIDER (WASSAIL)

With just four ingredients - okay, five if you spike it with your favorite rum - this Crock Pot hot spiced apple cider couldn't be any easier to make. It's the perfect excuse to get out there and rake the leaves.

Provided by Kare for Kitchen Treaty

Categories beverages

Time 4h10m

Number Of Ingredients 6

Slow Cooker Hot Spiced Apple Cider (Wassail) image

Steps:

Pour apple cider into a 2.5-quart or larger Crock Pot or other slow cooker. Add cinnamon sticks.
With a toothpick, poke holes all around the orange, about 1/2 inch to 1 inch apart. Carefully poke the cloves into the toothpick holes in the orange.
Place orange into the cider in the slow cooker.
Cook on low until hot and spiced through, about 4 hours. Ladle into mugs along with an ounce or so of rum if using. Place a cinnamon stick in each glass if desired and serve.

Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 cup, Calories 125 kcal, Sugar 24 g, Sodium 12 mg, Fat 1 g, SaturatedFat 1 g, Carbohydrate 31 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 1 g

Ingredients

2 quarts apple cider (64 ounces or 8 cups)
6 (3-inch) cinnamon sticks
1 medium organic naval orange*
2 tablespoons whole cloves
Rum of your choice (optional)
Additional cinnamon sticks for serving (optional)

SLOW-COOKER CIDER

There's no last-minute rush before the party when you slowly simmer this punch. It has all the tantalizing flavors of fall. -Alpha Wilson, Roswell, New Mexico

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 2h5m

Yield 2 quarts.

Number Of Ingredients 6

Slow-Cooker Cider image

Steps:

Place cinnamon, cloves and allspice on a double thickness of cheesecloth; bring up corners of cloth and tie with a string to form a bag. , Place cider and brown sugar in a 3-qt. slow cooker; stir until sugar dissolves. Add spice bag. Place orange slices on top. Cover and cook on low for 2-3 hours or until heated through. Discard spice bag.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 177 calories, Fat 0 fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 0 cholesterol, Sodium 30mg sodium, Carbohydrate 44g carbohydrate (40g sugars, Fiber 0 fiber), Protein 0 protein.

Ingredients

2 cinnamon sticks (3 inches each)
1 teaspoon whole cloves
1 teaspoon whole allspice
2 quarts apple cider
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 orange, sliced