Homemade Apple Cider Recipes

Steps:

• Place apples in a large stockpot and add enough water cover by at least 2 inches. Stir in sugar, cinnamon, and allspice. Bring to a boil. Boil, uncovered, for 1 hour. Cover pot, reduce heat, and simmer for 2 hours.
• Strain apple mixture though a fine mesh sieve. Discard solids. Drain cider again though a cheesecloth lined sieve. Refrigerate until cold.

Steps:

• Place fruit and spices into a slow cooker.
• Add 8 cups of water.
• Cook on high heat for 3-4 hours.
• Uncover the slow cooker, and mash the softened fruit with a potato masher.
• Cover again and cook on low for 1-2 hours.
• Strain out fruit and spices from the slow cooker into a cheesecloth in a bowl.
• Wait about 20-30 minutes for the cheesecloth to cool. Squeeze out cider from cheesecloth into the bowl. Pour the cider back into the slow cooker.
• Serve warm.
• Enjoy!

Steps:

• Quarter your apples (no need to remove peel or seeds).
• In a large stock pot add your apples and fill with water--just enough to cover the apples.
• Add your sugar.
• Wrap your cinnamon and allspice in a doubled up cheese cloth and tie, and add this to the apples and water.
• Boil on high for one hour (uncovered) checking on it frequently.
• Turn down heat and let simmer for two hours (covered).
• Take off the heat after two hours of simmering and let cool.
• Remove spices and mash up the apples to a pulp like consistency (a potato masher works well for this).
• 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.
• (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).
• 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.
• 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.
• also you could make this a diabetic recipe by omitting the sugar and adding diabetic sweeteners to taste in place of the sugar or none at all.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, and mix well.
• Store in an airtight container until ready to use.
• For each serving, place 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon mix in a cup.
• Add 1 cup boiling water, and stir well.
• Serve hot.