Slow Cooker Hot Spiced Apple Cider
 
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With just four ingredients - okay, five if you spike it with your favorite rum - this Crock Pot hot spiced apple cider couldn't be any easier to make. It's the perfect excuse to get out there and rake the leaves.
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Recipe type: Beverage
Yield: 8 cups
Ingredients
  • 2 quarts (64 ounces or 8 cups) apple cider
  • Six 3-inch cinnamon sticks, plus more for serving if desired
  • 1 medium orange
  • 1/8 cup whole cloves
  • Rum of your choice (optional)
  • Additional cinnamon sticks for serving.
Instructions
  1. Pour apple cider into a 2.5-quart or larger Crock Pot or other slow cooker. Add cinnamon sticks to cider.
  2. With a toothpick, poke holes all around the orange, about 1/2 inch to 1 inch apart. Carefully poke the cloves into the toothpick holes in the orange (see photo below). Place orange into the cider in the slow cooker.
  3. Cook on low for about 4 hours. Ladle into mugs along with an ounce or so of rum if using. Place a cinnamon stick in each glass. Serve.
Recipe by Kitchen Treaty at http://www.kitchentreaty.com/slow-cooker-hot-spiced-apple-cider/