I love cider in the fall, and there are certainly many varieties to making it. If you have a house-full at Thanksgiving or throughout the holidays, making a huge batch in a slow cooker is perfect! This is a super easy recipe, and you look totally-together with the few ingredients you have floating around in the slow cooker. Add more juice as people take cups, there will be tons of mulled seasonings to mix in with the new juice.
Slow Cooker Apple Cider
Ingredients
- 1 large orange
- 1 red apple
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- whole cloves, for poking into fruit
- 1 lemon
- 1 Tbsp brown sugar
- 1 gallon (3.78 liters) apple juice
- 1 dash ground cinnamon (optional)
- 1 dash nutmeg (optional)
Instructions
- Set slow cooker to high.
- Fill the slow cooker pot ¾ full with apple juice.
- Set aside remainder of apple juice for replenishing later.
- Wash the orange and apple and dry off.
- Poke cloves into the flesh of the orange and the apple, as many as you like. I found it easier to poke the cloves in at an angle.
- Set the cloves studded fruit into the crock pot.
- Add cinnamon sticks and 1 Tbsp brown sugar to taste.
- Using a vegetable peeler, cut off two long strips of lemon rind from the lemon and add to pot.
- Slice the remaining lemon into thin slices and drop 6 slices into the cider pot.
- Cook on high until boiling (which took my slow cooker 2 hours to achieve, it will vary), then switch to low and cook for another hour before serving. Your house will smell delicious too!
- Add dash of cinnamon and nutmeg to the pot if desired, mix, and begin serving
Looking for more creative uses for your slow cooker? Check out this “recipe” for Crock Pot Baked Potatoes. If you need a creative recipe for holiday appetizers, check out this one for Tangy Thai Pork Bites!
I have yet to have my first cider of the fall! This makes me even more excited.
Love Apple Cider, & this makes it even easier!
Definitely have to try this! Thanks for sharing!
This is a definite add to my holiday menu! Can’t wait to try it.
warm apple cider is my fav
That looks so easy to make, thanks for the recipe! I imagine your house smelled amazing after having made this!
Yum, this looks delicious and perfect for a fall afternoon or evening!
Yum this sounds delicious. thanks
Seems easy enough. Betcha the house smells wonderful. Wonder what kinda “cheer” I can add to this 🙂
Sounds great thanks
This sounds so delicious – I bet it you’re right about making the house smell amazing too! I am a big cider fan, will have to give this a try this year. Thanks!
Wow, will be saving this recipe! Thanks for sharing!
Love Apple Cider, this is a great recipe thanks!
I have got to make this!
Pinned it! Great recipe.
Apple cider reminds me of my childhood 🙂
I can just imagine the scent that will be in the house while this is cooking, mmmmm not only tasty but a great air freshener as well
Apple cider is my favorite winter treat 🙂
Wow, another awesome slow cooker recipe! Who would have thought!! I love this idea. Thanks so much for sharing!!
This looks mmm mmm good. Definitely going to try this.
I adore apple cider, I drink it year round! This just makes me with I had a slow cooker…that looks amazing. Bookmarking the recipe 🙂
I have to try this!
that looks super yummy
wow that is absolutely amazing! never even would have thought to do this
I’ve actually never made my own apple cider. That’ll change this year! omg YUM!! Like someone else said, I can only imagine how amazing it makes the house smell too!
Cant wait to try 🙂
Great looking recipe! Definitely a must try 🙂 Thanks for sharing 🙂
I bet makes yoru house smell divine!!
I absolutely love my cider.
cant wait to make this for friends and family. Thanks for sharing 🙂
Can’t wait to try it.Looks easy and sounds tasty
Perfect to do this weekend for Thanksgiving! Thanks for sharing!
I recently purchased a slow cooker and will have to give this a try. I imagine the house will smell so nice with this cooking.
sounds perfect for the fall
I would love some of this right now. MMMmmmm!
Looks delicious thank you
definitely have to try this – hubby is a huge cider fan!
must smell and taste so good! Thanks for the recipe! will be trying it soon!
id love to try the apple cider recipe
What a nice warming drink for fall!
Sounds just lovely! And the house would smell very inviting.
Cheers.
This concoction sounds almost medicinal, in a very good way 🙂
This looks amazing 🙂 the smell sounds amazing.
This sounds delicious. I am going to have to give this recipe a try. Thank you for the post.
my favorite drink to serve for thanksgiving meal is apple cider I will have to make this recipe for christmas
This looks and sounds delicious. We love cider here.
Loved this recipe, we have so many apple trees so this was a real treat to try something new.
sounds amazing … i will def have to try it out thanks for sharing , this is a new recipe for trying in the slow cooker 🙂
Gotta make this recipe this weekend as its perfect on an autumn night and for christmas too!
This sounds so wonderful! Perfect for holiday entertaining.. and I am sure it would make the house smell amazing 🙂
Yum – we just made fresh apple cider for the first time pressing apples we picked. Spicing it up sounds perfect!
I love slow cooking and love finding something else to try in it even more thank you!
I might make this just for the great smell in the house.
Mmmm this looks awesome!
This would be perfect for that weekend afternoon with the girls!
I never thought of the slow cooker for cider. I bet the house smells amazing when that is cooking.
Apple cider is so good!
Wow, this sounds amazing! I never would have thought to make this in the slow cooker!
I usually use apple cider from our local farmers’ market, which has a richer flavour than apple juice. Delicious in the fall! Thanks for the suggestions for adding spices.
I love, love, love apple cider and have never thought of making it in my crockpot. Great idea! I can have that going while I do other things.
This sounds amazing and my daughter would love it, a good use of the apples from our apple tree. They have been abundant this year!
I have made this before and it is not only very easy but really really good. I loved the way the house smelled when making it!
I wish there was smell o vision LOL I love love apple cider! I need to make this today- it would warm the tummy 🙂
Great recipe for Fall and the Holidays.
I’ve never tried making cider…..I think the guys would love some!
Thanks for the recipe
I’ve never tried cider but I might try this recipe.
What a relaxing and comforting drink…I can almost smell it now!