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How to Make Non Alcoholic Apple Cider

This Non Alcoholic Apple Cider drink infuses cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, and warm spices with apples overnight to make a thick spiced cider!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 9 hours
Total Time 9 hours 20 minutes
Course Drinks
Cuisine American
Servings 4 servings
Calories 258 kcal

Equipment

  • Pot
  • Sieve

Ingredients
  

  • ⅛ teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • 8 cinnamon sticks
  • 4 teaspoons lemon zest
  • 12 cloves
  • 4 star anise
  • 12 apples, chopped
  • Sweetener

Instructions
 

  • Cut up all the apples (you don't need to peel them) and place in a pot. Cover with just enough water so they are all submerged. Place this pot on medium heat on the stovetop.
  • Add the rest of the ingredients to the pot. Don't add the sweetener yet - I would wait until the end to add any, since the apples themselves can add sugar too.
  • Allow the mixture to slowly cook for 1 hour.
  • Remove pot from the heat and allow it to cool. Allow it to sit overnight to enhance the flavor and thicken the juice.
  • The next day, strain the mixture through a sieve. Mash the apples as much as you can through it to make sure all the juice is drained out of them. Add sweetener if desired.
  • If it isn't fully warmed, I would boil the mixture and serve it hot with a cinnamon stick inside!

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