Hot Homemade Apple Cider Food

HOT APPLE CIDER

Steps:

• 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 APPLE CIDER DONUT MOCKTAIL

Steps:

• Combine the cider, maple syrup, nutmeg, orange bitters, cinnamon sticks, cloves, vanilla bean and seeds and the orange half in a medium saucepot. Whisk to combine, then bring up to a boil over medium-high heat. Immediately turn the heat down to low and let simmer for 5 minutes.
• Carefully remove the cinnamon sticks, cloves and orange half. With a ladle, divide the cider into 2 mugs (see Cook's Note). Place 2 donut holes on 6-inch skewers or skewer them on the cinnamon sticks. Garnish each mug with a cinnamon stick and donut skewer or dried apple slices. Serve warm.

HOT HOMEMADE APPLE CIDER

Steps:

• 1. In large pot combine apple juice, water, cinnamon sticks, cloves, orange and bring to a boil.
• 2. Reduce and simmer for 15 minutes or longer.
• 3. Serve.

HOT SPICED APPLE CIDER

Steps:

• 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.

HOMEMADE POWDERED APPLE CIDER MIX

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a large bowl, and mix well.
• Store in an airtight container until ready to use.
• For each serving, place 1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon mix in a cup.
• Add 1 cup boiling water, and stir well.
• Serve hot.

HOT APPLE CIDER FOR ONE

Steps:

• Combine apple cider and spices and sugar in a heat resistant mug that can go into the microwave.
• Heat, uncovered, in microwave 2 minutes.
• Let stand until cool enough to drink.
• Remove spices if you don't want them floating in your cup while drinking cider, and remove spices if serving to a child.

HOT APPLE CIDER

Steps:

• In a saucepan bring first 5 ingredients to a simmer (cider - cinnamon stick); cover and simmer 15 minutes.
• Stir in lemon juice.
• Ladle cider into 8 mugs, floating a cube of butter n top of each and then garnish each mug with a cinnamon stick.

APPLE CIDER

Steps:

• Line a large colander with a triple layer of cheesecloth, leaving an overhang of a few inches. Place colander over a large pot.
• Working in batches in a food processor (don't fill it more than halfway), grind apples to the consistency of thick applesauce, scraping down sides as needed.
• Transfer applesauce to colander. Once all of applesauce has been added, use overhang of cheesecloth to enclose applesauce; twist to close. Weigh down with a heavy pot, such as a Dutch oven.
• Refrigerate at least 4 hours and up to overnight. Discard solids.
• Cider can be refrigerated in an airtight container up to 1 week, or frozen in an airtight container up to 3 months.

MOM'S HOMEMADE APPLE CIDER (NON-ALCHOHOLIC)

Steps:

• Quarter your apples (no need to remove peel or seeds).
• In a large stock pot add your apples and fill with water--just enough to cover the apples.
• Add your sugar.
• Wrap your cinnamon and allspice in a doubled up cheese cloth and tie, and add this to the apples and water.
• Boil on high for one hour (uncovered) checking on it frequently.
• Turn down heat and let simmer for two hours (covered).
• Take off the heat after two hours of simmering and let cool.
• Remove spices and mash up the apples to a pulp like consistency (a potato masher works well for this).
• Once cool pour into a strainer over a large bowl. When most of the juice has drained away, put the remainder of the pulp into a doubled up cheese cloth and squeeze over the bowl until no more juice comes out.
• (At this point you can either restrain the juice to get out the little bits of pulp that remain with a cheese cloth draped inside the strainer to catch them or just leave it like I do).
• You can store in an air tight container in your refrigerator for up to a week or you can freeze it for later use if you like.
• Reheat in the microwave or on the stove and enjoy either plain or you can add caramel syrup or caramels, whipped topping with cinnamon or, like my neighbors did if you like it really sweet, with marshmallows or marshmallow creme.
• also you could make this a diabetic recipe by omitting the sugar and adding diabetic sweeteners to taste in place of the sugar or none at all.

HOT MULLED APPLE CIDER

Steps:

• Combine brown sugar, allspice, 1 teaspoon cloves, salt, nutmeg, cinnamon and apple cider in large saucepan.
• Bring to boiling.
• Cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Strain to remove spices.
• Serve in mugs with clove-studded orange wedges.