Hot Orange Spice Cider Recipes

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.

WARM CINNAMON-ORANGE CIDER

Steps:

• Heat apple cider, orange juice, candies and allspice to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer 5 minutes.
• Remove allspice. Stir in honey. Serve warm.

SPICED ORANGE-CINNAMON CIDER

Steps:

• Combine orange juice, apple cider, orange slices, lime slices, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and star anise in a large saucepan.
• Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Remove cinnamon sticks, cloves, and star anise. Stir in honey and keep warm.
• Pour warm cider into cups and garnish with a cinnamon stick for stirring and several orange and lime slices.

ORANGE SPICED APPLE CIDER

Steps:

• Combine the cider, orange slices, cinnamon sticks, cloves and peppercorns in a large saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce the heat to low and cook until the cider is fragrant, about 20 minutes. Serve warm.

HOT SPICED CIDER

Steps:

• 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.

SPICED CIDER

Steps:

• In a large pot over medium heat, add the apple cider. Stir in the brown sugar, allspice and nutmeg until the sugar is dissolved and bring to a low boil.
• Stick the pointy ends of the cloves into the orange so that just the buds of the cloves are visible. The entire orange should be covered with the cloves.
• Add the orange to the cider and reduce the heat to simmer. Cover and continue cooking for 20 minutes.
• Serve in warm mugs with a cinnamon stick garnish. For adults, add bourbon to the cider.

HOT SPIKED CIDER

Steps:

• Pour water into a large saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and toss in the orange spice tea bags. Cover and let steep 5 minutes. Remove tea bags and stir in sugar, apple cider, rum, and 2 of the cinnamon sticks. Heat just to steaming -- do not boil.
• Ladle hot cider into 6 mugs and drop 1/2 teaspoon butter into each. Garnish with a cinnamon "swizzle" stick.

HOT ORANGE SPICE CIDER

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine all ingredients.
• Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Strain out whole cloves and tea bags.
• Transfer hot cider to pre-heated thermos containers.
• Serve hot.
• Garnish with orange rind.
• For a party service, double the recipe and place in your crockpot on high for 2-3 hours.
• Tie the cloves and tea bags in a piece of cheesecloth before adding to the crockpot so the they can be easily removed without straining.