Apple Cider

Recipe Author:

Tree-Ripe Fruit Co.

Prep time: 10 Mins
Cook time: 4 Hours 15 Min
Total time: 4 hr 25 mins

This recipe features our Wisconsin honeycrisp apples from Appleland available every Fall. 🍎

Ingredients

10 Honeycrisp apples

1 orange

4 cinnamon sticks

1 teaspoon whole cloves

ΒΌ teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 ounce peeled fresh ginger

Β½ cup dark brown sugar

Β½ teaspoon salt

8 cups water

Instructions

  1. Quarter Honeycrisp apples and core seeds. Peel and quarter orange and place all fruit in a large pot.
  2. Add cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, nutmeg, fresh ginger, brown sugar and salt.
  3. Add water until apples are covered, about 8 cups.
  4. Place pot on stove and bring to a boil.
  5. Turn heat down to medium low heat and simmer for 3 hours.
  6. Remove from heat and use a potato masher to carefully mash all apples.
  7. Return to medium-low heat and simmer for 1 hour.
  8. Strain cider through a fine mesh strainer, pressing solids to extract flavor.
  9. Serve cider warm or refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.

Step 1

  1. Quarter Honeycrisp apples and core seeds. Peel and quarter orange and place all fruit in a large pot.

Step 2

  1. Add cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, nutmeg, fresh ginger, brown sugar and salt.

Step 3

  1. Add water until apples are covered, about 8 cups.
  2. Place pot on stove and bring to a boil.
  3. Turn heat down to medium-low heat and simmer for 3 hours.

Step 4

  1. Remove from heat and use a potato masher to carefully mash all apples.
  2. Return to medium-low heat and simmer for 1 hour.

Step 5

  1. Strain cider through a fine mesh strainer, pressing solids to extract flavor.

Step 6

  1. Serve cider warm or refrigerate for up to 2 weeks.