Hot Spiced Apple Cider

PREP TIME 2 minutes • COOK TIME 10 minutes • 4 servings

Tools You’ll Need

Here are the tools you’ll need:

• A pot

• Your mug of choice

Ingredients

• 4 cups of apple cider

• 1-2 cinnamon sticks [use 1 if you want it less ‘spicy’]

• 1 inch of ginger, sliced

• 1 tsp. of whole cloves

• 6 pieces of whole dried star anise

While you can use the powder version of pretty much everything above, I highly suggest you use the whole dried herbs and the fresh ginger. I’ve made this recipe both ways and let me tell you…it tastes SO much better with fresher ingredients.

The Steps

1. Grab your pot and add your apple cider to it. Place it on the stove and set it to medium-high heat.

2. Add your ginger, cloves, star anise, and cinnamon.

3. Watch the cider. As it begins to boil, turn the heat down to a simmer and let it cook for about 3-5 minutes to let the herbs and ginger saturate the cider.

4. Turn off the heat, cover the pot, and let it cool just a bit [about 2-5 minutes, totally up to you]. You don’t want to burn your taste buds off!

5. Strain out the ginger and herbs from the cider and toss them out. Then serve your fresh hot spiced cider in a mug of your choice.

6. That’s it! Enjoy your Hot Spiced Apple Cider.

You can also make this recipe and let it cool completely to add to other drinks like cocktails.

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Nutritional Disclaimer

Shenaye Suggs is not a dietician or nutritionist, and any nutritional information shared is an estimate. For accurate calorie counts and other nutritional values, I recommend running the ingredients through your preferred online nutritional calculator. Calories and other nutritional values can vary depending on which brands were used.

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