Apple Cider Punch Food

YUMMY APPLE CIDER PUNCH

Steps:

• Stir apple cider, sparkling grape juice or wine (see Cook's Note), orange juice, and lemon juice together and refrigerate until serving.

SPARKLING APPLE CIDER PUNCH

Steps:

• In a pitcher or punch bowl, stir together the sparkling cider, orange juice, cranberry juice and some vodka if using. Float the orange rounds on top. Serve chilled over ice.

HOT APPLE CIDER PUNCH

Steps:

• Mix ingredients together and heat in a crockpot on high until hot.

SPIKED APPLE CIDER COCKTAILS

Steps:

• Mix together the cider, rum, and schnapps in a large pitcher. Add the apples to a small bowl and toss them with the lemon juice. Thread the diced apples onto skewers. Pour the spiked cider into glasses filled with ice, then garnish with an apple skewer and serve.

CRANBERRY-APPLE CIDER PUNCH

Steps:

• In 4-quart container, stir together cider, cranberry juice, ginger ale and orange juice concentrate. Refrigerate until serving time.
• Just before serving, pour punch into punch bowl. Garnish with cranberries and orange peel curls.

APPLE CIDER AND RUM PUNCH

Steps:

• Combine rum, vermouth, lemon juice, simple syrup, and bitters in a large pitcher. Add 2 cups ice and stir until ice has mostly melted and punch is very cold. Stir in apple slices and orange zest; gently stir in cider.
• Divide punch among ice-filled old-fashioned glasses and garnish with more apple slices and orange zest.
• Do Ahead
• Punch (without apple, orange zest, and cider) can be made 1 day ahead. Chill.

SPICED CIDER PUNCH

Steps:

• Place sugar, spices and 1 cup cider in a saucepan; cook and stir over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; stir in juice concentrate until melted., Transfer to a large pitcher. Stir in remaining cider. Refrigerate, covered, until cold., To serve, pour cider mixture into a punch bowl. Stir in ginger ale. If desired, garnish with orange slices.

HOMEMADE APPLE CIDER

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.

WARM CHRISTMAS APPLE CIDER PUNCH

Steps:

• Pour the cider in a dutch oven pan, 1/2 at a time.
• Put on the stove on simmer.
• add 2 cinnamon sticks.
• add the navel orange slices.
• add 5 whole cloves.
• you may not like it like this, you might have to add 1 or 2 more cinnamon sticks or more cloves.
• Yummy on the wood stove also.
• Take off Heat after approximately 10 minutes.
• Serve.