Hot Damn Apple Cider Recipes

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.

HOT APPLE CIDER

Steps:

• Pour the apple cider and maple syrup into a large stainless steel saucepan.
• Place the cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice berries, orange peel and lemon peel in the center of a washed square of cheesecloth; fold up the sides of the cheesecloth to enclose the bundle, then tie it up with a length of kitchen string. Drop the spice bundle into the cider mixture.
• Place the saucepan over moderate heat for 5 to 10 minutes, or until the cider is very hot but not boiling.
• Remove the cider from the heat. Discard the spice bundle. Ladle the cider into big cups or mugs, adding a fresh cinnamon stick to each serving if desired.

HOT SPICED CIDER

Steps:

• Place filter in coffee basket, and fill with brown sugar, allspice, cloves, cinnamon stick, salt, nutmeg, and orange wedges. Pour apple cider into coffee pot where the water usually goes. Brew, and serve hot.

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 BUTTERED APPLE CIDER

Steps:

• In slow cooker over low heat, cook apple cider with maple syrup for 20 minutes or until steaming hot.
• In a small bowl, combine butter, nutmeg and allspice. Mix well.
• Pour cider into mugs and top with a teaspoon of spice butter.

HOT DAMN!® APPLE CIDER

Steps:

• Stir apple cider, spiced rum, and cinnamon schnapps together in a saucepan over medium heat until hot, about 10 minutes.

HOT FIREBALL APPLE CIDER

Steps:

• Pour 1-1/2 to 2 ounces Fireball Whisky into hot apple cider. Stir with cinnamon stick.

HOT GOLD APPLE CIDER

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• In a large pot, combine all the ingredients.
• Stir and cover. Heat and slowly bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
• Lower the heat, cover, and allow to simmer for 1 to 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Transfer to an insulated punch bowl and serve in mugs, or keep it covered on the stove and heat it up periodically. Enjoy. This recipe can easily be adapted to create as many servings as you like. Downsize it for a small party or a snowy day at home or increase it for a larger crowd; simply retain the ratio of the three liquids. And, you will not hurt it one bit if you do pour in a little extra rum or Goldschlager.