Hot Spiced Cider Recipes

HOT SPICED CIDER

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• In 3-quart saucepan, heat ingredients to boiling over medium-high heat. Reduce heat; simmer uncovered 10 minutes.
• Before serving, strain cider mixture to remove cloves and cinnamon, if desired. Serve hot.

SPICED CIDER

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• In a large saucepan, combine the first 6 ingredients; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes. Discard cinnamon sticks. Use additional cinnamon sticks for stirrers if desired.

HOT SPIKED CIDER

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• Heat cider with cloves and cinnamon. Pour a shot of apple brandy into a mug and fill with cider.

HOT SPICED APPLE CIDER

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• Place the apple cider, peppercorns, one of the cinnamon sticks, the cloves, and the star anise in a medium saucepan. Cut a large (1 by 4-inch) peel from the orange using a vegetable peeler and add it to the pan. Bring the cider mixture to a boil, lower the heat, and simmer for 5 minutes. Strain into a 4-cup glass measuring cup and discard the solids.
• Pour the hot cider into mugs or heatproof glasses. Add 2 tablespoons of bourbon to each mug. Cut the orange in half through the stem, slice crosswise in 1/4-inch-thick half-rounds, and add one slice to each mug. Cut the apple in half through the stem, remove the core, slice crosswise in 1/4-inch-thick half-rounds, and add one slice to each glass.
• Serve hot with a cinnamon stick in each glass for stirring.

HOT SPICED APPLE CIDER IN A CROCK POT

Steps:

• Pour enough cider to fill crock pot to ¾ full. Add brown sugar. Stick whole cloves into skin of orange and apple wedges. Place apple, orange and all remaining ingredients into cheese cloth, tie with string and drop into crock pot. Bring to a boil, about 2 to 2 ½ hours on high.
• Once the cider is boiling, reduce setting to low. Keep on low for 2 hours or more before serving. Replenish with additional cider when needed; if cider is cold, return setting to high until heated.
• Serve or have guests serve themselves from the crock pot. If desired, leave a bottle of spiced rum nearby.

HOT SPICED CIDER

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• In a 2-3 quart pan combine cider and brown sugar over low heat until sugar dissolves.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Bring to a boil, reduce heat and let simmer uncovered 20 minutes.

HOT APPLE CIDER

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• Fill the filter-lined basket of a large automatic percolator with the brown sugar, cloves, allspice and cinnamon sticks. Prepare as you would coffee according to manufacturer's directions, but substitute cider for water.

HOT SPICED CIDER

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• Stuff cored apple with cloves.
• Put all ingredients in large pot.
• Bring to boil and simmer for 15 minutes.
• Put on low to keep warm for serving.

HOT SPICED APPLE CIDER

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• Take large jug of apple cider and pour into large pot on the stove (or into the crockpot if you don't want to use a burner) Heat to a simmer.
• Then add the following ingredients to cider: orange juice concentrate,cinnamon,nutmeg,ginger and cloves.
• Sometimes I add the cranberry juice cocktail but you may leave it out if you wish.
• Let it all simmer for awhile (half an hour at least) The smell wafting through the house while the cider is simmering is simply heaven.
• Serve the hot spiced cider in mugs.
• For a nice touch,add a whole cinnamon stick to each mug.
• Having a large pot of cider simmering on the stove when company arrives is a sure way to make them very happy that they chose to come over to your house.