Apple Cider Gingerbread Food

HOT APPLE CIDER WITH GINGER

Steps:

• Using a vegetable peeler, peel lemon zest in long strips (avoiding the white pith). Squeeze 2 tablespoons lemon juice.
• In a medium pot, combine cider, cinnamon, cloves, ginger, and lemon zest. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to a simmer; cover and cook 10 minutes. Remove from heat; let stand 10 minutes. Add lemon juice and strain; discard solids. Serve warm, with lemon slices.

GINGERBREAD AND APPLE LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Butter 1 large loaf pan or 2 smaller ones.
• Warm up syrup, water, butter, and sugar in a pan over low heat until butter and sugar are just melted. Remove from heat and mix well.
• Grate apples directly into the pan. Sift flour, baking soda, ginger, and allspice into the batter. Stir until just combined; do not overmix. Pour batter into the prepared pan(s).
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of each loaf comes out clean, about 35 minutes.

APPLE CIDER GINGERBREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Into an 8 inch round cake pan, sift together the flour, brown sugar, ground ginger, and baking soda.
• Make a well in the center of the flour mixture and add the apple cider, oil, molasses, vinegar and crystallized ginger.
• With a fork just stir until the batter is smooth.
• Bake for 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Transfer the cake to a wire rack to cool.

MULLED APPLE CIDER WITH GINGER AND ORANGE

Steps:

• Combine the ingredients in a medium saucepan and simmer over a low flame for 20 minutes. Strain and serve.

APPLE CIDER AND GINGER ALE

Steps:

• Mix in a punch bowl.
• Or serve per glass, filling the glass half full of cider and topping it off with the ginger ale.

APPLE CIDER GINGER COOKIES

Steps:

• Whisk together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger, allspice, and cloves; set aside.
• Using electric mixer,.
• Cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy, about 2min. Add egg, vanilla, and apple butter; mix until just combined. Stir in the flour mixture in two batches, beating after each addition at low speed until just incorporated. Cover and refrigerate dough 1 hour.
• Heat oven to 350°F Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Form chilled dough into 2-tbsp-size balls, then roll in red sanding sugar to coat.
• Place balls on prepared baking sheet 2 inches apart. bake 10 to 12 min until lightly browned around edges.
• Cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes, then transfer to rack to cool completely.

MULLED APPLE CIDER WITH ORANGE AND GINGER

Steps:

• In a large saucepan combine the cider, the cinnamon stick, the cloves, the orange and the ginger and simmer the mixture for 20 minutes. Strain the mixture through a fine sieve into a heat-proof pitcher and serve the mulled cider warm.