Homemade Hot Apple Cider 🍎 Ingredients Original recipe yields 6 servings • 6 cups apple cider • ¼ cup real maple syrup • 2 cinnamon sticks • 6 whole cloves • 6 whole allspice berries • 1 orange peel, cut into strips • 1 lemon peel, cut into strips Directions 1. Gather the ingredients. 2. Pour apple cider and maple syrup into a large stainless steel saucepan. 3. Place cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice berries, orange peel, and lemon peel in the center of a square of washed cheesecloth; fold up the sides of the cheesecloth to enclose the bundle, then tie it up with a length of kitchen string. Drop the spice bundle into the cider mixture. 4. Place the saucepan over moderate heat and cook until cider is very hot but not boiling, about 5 to 10 minutes. 5. Remove cider from the heat. Discard the spice bundle. 6. Ladle cider into big cups or mugs, adding a fresh cinnamon stick to each serving if desired. #AppleCider #recipe #H2P