Description

Mulled warm apple cider is great for the coming cool and cold nights of bon fires, hay rides, trick or treating or Christmas caroling. Making it in the slow cooker makes it easy.

Ingredients

• 1 gallon fresh apple cider or unfiltered apple juice*
• 1 medium orange
• 1 1/2 inch) piece fresh ginger
• 5 (3 inch) cinnamon sticks
• 1 T. whole cloves
• orange slices, for serving
• optional spices: 4 star anise pods, 1/2 t. whole black peppercorns, or 1/2 t. whole allspice berries

Steps

1. Fill a 5 quart or larger slow cooker with 1 gallon apple cider or unfiltered juice.
2. Cut the orange into 1/4 inch-thick rounds. Cut 1 1/2 inches ginger crosswise into 1/4-inch-thick slices; add both to the slow cooker.
3. For easier serving, place the cloves, spices and any optional spices in a tea ball, a double layer of cheesecloth or paper coffee filter, making a sachet; tie with kitchen twine. Add the cinnamon sticks.