Ingredients for Hot Apple Cider

Series Summary

Apple cider is a popular drink in the United States and Canada produced from pressed apples. Commonly served during the late autumn months to correspond with the harvest season, apple cider is a traditional beverage for Halloween or Thanksgiving holidays. Apple cider is different from regular apple juice in that it is more sour and cloudy from retaining the tart apple pulp. In cold weather, apple cider is frequently served hot, and often garnished with a variety of spices, from cinnamon to cloves to nutmeg and pumpkin seasonings.

In this free video series, our expert will demonstrate how to make a variety of hot apple cider recipes. If you are looking for a quick cup of hot apple cider, you will learn how to make two different types of cider in the microwave, one basic hot apple cider with cinnamon and nutmeg, and the other a spiced hot apple cider with orange and clove garnish. If you want a more traditional hot apple cider, or need to make a large quantity for Halloween or Thanksgiving parties, you will also get step-by-step instructions for cooking hot apple cider on the stove or in a crock pot. This is a great hot drink for any cold fall day or to add to a wonderful holiday party.

Video Transcript

"Hello my name is Melissa and on behalf of Expert Village today I'm going teach you a couple of different ways to make perfect cup of hot apple cider. You know in the first clip I'm going to talk about how to make a perfect of hot apple cider in the microwave. So this is just for one person or two if you so desire. But for normally one person of hot cup of apple cider so let's start off with the ingredients that we're going to need. I got them here in front of us rather simple then we're going to move towards the stove and do it for perhaps a Halloween party or winter gathering. So if your watching this clip it's probably the winter/fall seasoning cause everyone loves a great of hot apple cider either in December, October when the leaves start changing colors and the weather starts getting a little bit more crispier and cool outside when perhaps when you come in from outside and it's a cool day from crisp walk. There's nothing like a cup of hot apple cider so here are the ingredients. Of course you need apple cider and most people say don't you just keep the apple cider that you buy from the grocery store up in the microwave and your done. No because the trick is the key to a cup of apple cider is to infuse it with a few other of different ingredients and that's what we need to talk about today. So we got our apple cider but then we also need very important cinnamon sticks and also then whole cloves and from ground nutmeg and I'll tell you in the next clip how to put all this together and to form a fabulous concoction. "