Homemade Mulled Apple Cider

It’s that time of year again...now go make some delicious, hot, spiced apple cider!

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 1 US cups

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 gallon cider or 1⁄2 gallon  apple juice
• 1  oranges or 1  tangerine
• 1  teaspoon clove
• 1  teaspoon cinnamon
• 1  teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄2-1  teaspoon pure vanilla extract (optional)
• 1  sliced apple (optional)

Directions

1. Pour cider into pot.
2. Zest the peel of the orange with a cheese grater. If you can’t zest, squeeze 1/8 – 1/4 orange and drop slice into pot to boil in with ingredients.
3. Add a small amount of each spice into the pot. If you have coffee filters or empty tea bags (or other porous material you can boil in high temperatures), use these to hold the spices inside. You can tie the coffee filter and let it sink to the bottom.
4. Some people own tea straining contraptions that you can boil your spices inside. If you have one of these, you can use it. Otherwise, you may want to strain your cider before serving.
5. Once the cider has reached a rolling boil, you are done!
6. Garnish with sliced apples.