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Homemade Fall Harvest Hot Crockpot Apple Cider
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Fall Harvest Crockpot Apple Cider

Gather all of the beautiful, fresh, Fall and Winter fruit available, pop it into the crockpot, and warm up with this delicious hot apple cider drink. Warm and comforting this homemade hot apple cider recipe is a must in your arsenal of Fall drinks to nourish you.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time8 hours
Total Time8 hours 10 minutes
Course: Drink
Cuisine: Drink
Keyword: hot apple cider, slow cooker apple cider, spiced apple cider
Servings: 10 serves
Calories: 123kcal
Author: Whole Food Bellies

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 4 apples use multiple varieties and colors
  • 2 persimmons
  • 1 pear I used an asian pear
  • 1 orange
  • 1 pomegranate seeds removed
  • 9 cups water
  • 3 cinnamon sticks
  • 2 tablespoons mulling spices
  • honey, maple syrup or brown sugar to taste

Instructions

  • Wash all fruit very well.
  • Cut the apples, persimmons, and pears into quarters and remove the cores. Cut into thin slices. You can leave the skin on.
    4 apples, 2 persimmons, 1 pear
  • Cut the orange into thin slices. If you are sensitive to bitter flavors, you may want to zest the orange, remove the skin, and just use the zest and flesh in the cider.
    1 orange
  • Use a cheesecloth, or a cotton spice bag to wrap the mulling spices.
    2 tablespoons mulling spices
  • Pop all of the fruit, along with the water, cinnamon sticks, and mulling spices into the crockpot. Set on low for 6-8 hours, or on high for 3-4 hours.
    9 cups water, 3 cinnamon sticks, 1 pomegranate
  • Once cooking time is done, remove the mulling spices from the liquid. Use a potato masher to gently mash the fruit and cinnamon sticks and release their flavor.
  • Remove as much of the fruit as possible and discard it.
  • Use a small gapped strainer to strain the cider liquid and remove any small pieces of fruit or spices.
  • Pour the cider back into the slow cooker, and set it to keep warm.
  • Serve warm, and use some honey, maple syrup, or brown sugar to sweeten if required. Garnish with some orange and apple slices, some pomegranate arils, and a cinnamon stick to make it pretty. You could also add some dehydrated orange slices for decoration.
    honey, maple syrup or brown sugar to taste

Notes

Remember to tie the mulling spices into a little square of cheese-cloth to make it easily removed. If you don't have any, that's fine - just be sure to use a super fine mesh sieve to get all the 'bits' out of the cider.
If serving on the night keep in the crockpot on the keep warm setting.
Can be made ahead of time and reheated in the crockpot on the keep warm setting or in a saucepan on the stovetop of in the microwave. 
Freezes well, for detailed instructions check this out: Can You Freeze Apple Cider And Apple Juice.

Nutrition

Calories: 123kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 13mg | Potassium: 297mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 76IU | Vitamin C: 36mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 1mg