Drunken Homemade Honeycrisp Apple Cider.
It’s friday eve and you deserve a cup of drunken homemade apple cider!
Homemade apple cider is a little labor of love. It’s mostly hands-off, but it requires a lot of wait time.
You will never be more excited for a cup of this.
At the risk of sounding repetitive (um, except my whole blog is very repetitive), I won’t ramble on and on about how much I love apple cider.
Pretty sure I’ve proven it over and over throughout the years.
But the drink ideas for cider are endless and you can just make so many things! Cocktails! Mocktails! Shandy!
To make this apple cider, I used this recipe for pear cider that I really love. It is very time consuming (and you can probably do most of it in a slow cooker!) but completely worth it for homemade cider. It’s incredible served hot or cold.
And while I’m almost always team iced-apple cider, occasionally I love a cup of hot cider.
With bourbon!
Okay okay, it doesn’t always have to have bourbon. But when it does, it’s extra warming and delicious. Because this is the best time of year.
One of the reasons I love this recipe is because it uses vanilla bean! You split a vanilla pod right into the cider and even after straining, the beans stay in there and give it so much flavor.
See all the little vanilla bean flecks? It’s freakishly good.
This is one of those recipes that you can simmer on the stove and it will have your whole house smelling fabulous. And one that you can actually consume! I will never forgot years ago going on a Christmas house tour with my mom – and one of the houses had cider simmering on the stovetop. They gave everyone a glass and not only did it smell amazing, it was SO good. I’ve always wanted to make apple cider ahead of entertaining guests and then place it back on the stove to heat up and serve.
It’s like magic edible potpourri!
You must must must try. It’s a fall hug in a cup.
Homemade Apple Cider
Drunken Honeycrisp Apple Cider
Ingredients
- 10 whole honeycrisp apples, cut in half, seeds and stems removed
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 1 teaspoon whole cloves
- 1 vanilla bean pod, split open
- ⅓ cup of your favorite bourbon
- caramel for drizzling
Instructions
- Combine the apples, sugar, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, vanilla pod and allspice in a large stock pot and cover with water. You want the water to be about 2 inches higher than the apples. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce it to a simmer and cook for 1 hour uncovered. After 1 hour, you can mash some of the apples (they should just fall apart). Cover the pot and simmer for another 2 hours. Make sure it is completely covered, or else your liquid will evaporate!
- After 2 hours, let the mixture cool slightly. Strain it through a fine mesh sieve (I did so twice) to remove the solids. Some of the solids may remain. You can strain it through cheesecloth one more time if desired. At this point, you can put it in a new pot or transfer it to a large jug and stir in the bourbon. You can also add the bourbon on a cup--by-cup basis - I like to start with ½ to 2 ounce per glass. Serve it hot with cinnamon sticks or cold over ice.
- Store the cider in a sealed container or jar in the fridge. It will stay good for about a week!
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Ooooh and you can drizzle caramel on the rim too. AHHH.
16 Comments on “Drunken Homemade Honeycrisp Apple Cider.”
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The does sounds like a fall hug in a mug (couldn’t resist the rhyme). I could only imagine how good this smells as its simmering on the stove. I am team iced apple cider all the way. Love that you can add the bourbon on a glass by glass basis, I bet it would be awesome with something sparkling it in too.
it smells so amazing! xo
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My current favorite at-home happy hour beverage is white wine, cider and flavored seltzer (all of my favorite Polar seltzer flavors are pretty good!) but this could give it a run for its money!
that sounds incredible jenna!
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So, this is spiced apple juice? What makes it cider?
no, it’s apple cider. cider is using the whole apple, mashed, unfiltered and unpasteurized, then often spiced. juice can actually be made from the cider, but it’s usually a concentrate from freshly pressed apples and goes through a long filtration process! there are a lot of articles explaining the difference, but here are two to start!
https://www.tastingtable.com/drinks/national/apple-cider-difference-vs-apple-juice
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/apple-juice-vs-apple-cider_n_58065dd3e4b0b994d4c1c9e1
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Currently making this now. While I love the way it smells I can’t seem ti keep the apples covered, is that ok? Also I would hate to get rid of the apples. Any ideas on what to do with them? I know you mash some but then you strain it-unless there’s not much left?
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