Mulled Cider
Beverage • Fruit
Source: Recipe Keeper
Serving size: 1 gallon
Prep time: 15 mins
Cook time: 4 hours
Ingredients
- 1 gallon apple cider (not apple juice)
- One large orange, sliced (peel still on). For less flavor, use just the peel.
- Apples (optional)
- Lemon (optional)
- 6 cinnamon sticks
- 1 tablespoon (0.22 oz) whole cloves
- 1.5 teaspoon (0.13 oz) whole allspice berries
- 4 star anise pods
- 6 cardamom pods
- 4 whole nutmeg
- Ginger (optional)
Directions
- 1. (Optional) Toast the spices in a skillet for a few minutes until browned and fragrant. This intensifies the spice flavors but you can get by without it if you don’t want to do extra work.
- 2. Put all ingredients in the crockpot and set the crockpot on low. Cook for at least 4 hours, but you get more of the spice flavors if you can leave it running longer (e.g., overnight).
- 3. Remove the fruit and whole spices with something (e.g., slotted spoon, strainer, cheesecloth)
Notes
- - I wrote this one myself by reading a bunch of different recipes to get a sense of ingredient ratios. I’ve made it several times, and I usually don’t add the optional ingredients or steps.