This Slow Cooker Apple Cranberry Cider is the perfect easy holiday warm drink made with simple ingredients!
Course Drinks
Cuisine Holiday
Keyword christmas cider, slow cooker apple cider, slow cooker apple cranberry cider, slow cooker cider
Prep Time 10 minutesminutes
Cook Time 4 hourshours
Total Time 4 hourshours10 minutesminutes
Servings 8servings
Calories 113kcal
Author Chrissie Baker (thebusybaker.ca)
Ingredients
2litres of fresh apple juicenot the shelf-stable kind...fresh apple juice is usually found in the refrigerated section of the grocery store
3cupscranberry juice
2-3cupsfresh orange juiceI like to use the kind with pulp
1orangesliced
1/2cupfresh cranberries
5-8cinnamon sticks
2tablespoonsof mulling spicesalternatively, use a combination of whole cloves, nutmeg and allspice
For garnish:
1applesliced
1/2cupfresh cranberries
1orangesliced
3-4cinnamon sticks
Instructions
Add the juices to your slow cooker, along with the sliced orange, fresh cranberries, cinnamon sticks and mulling spices. Stir everything together well and turn your slow cooker to low. Let the cider simmer away in the slow cooker for about 4-5 hours.
After 4-5 hours, remove the orange slices, cranberries and cinnamon sticks with a sieve or slotted spoon and add the sliced apple, and the new fresh cranberries, sliced orange and cinnamon sticks (the old ones will have flavoured the cider beautifully but they'll look awful after simmering in the juice all day. Feel free to skip the garnishes if you're not worried about presentation!)