Instant Pot spiced apple cider recipe is quintessentially autumn. This homemade hot apple cider recipe is made from fresh apples. Citrus and fall spices are added to it to make it a perfect spiced treat for a winter night.
It’s naturally vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free.
This is the BEST stuff guys! It scream fall all the way. It looks like fall (look at that amber golden colored drink), it smells like fall(apples, oranges and all those wonderful spices cooking in the pot – my house smells amazing), and it tastes definitely like fall (with all the aromatic spices of fall)!.
Making homemade apple cider from scratch is really easy. And recipe calls for just a hand full of seasonal ingredients plus 3 minutes hands-on time. Also we are making this spiced apple cider in instant pot. We are talking dump and push start easiness. That is easy right!
You’ll fall in love with this warm and soothing glass of apple cider. It’s also a wonderful drink to heal your sore throat.
The way I like to drink spiced apple cider – feet up on the couch covered in snugly sweater and warm my palm first with a mug of hot apple cider and then sip in on. It’s reminds me of apple pie. The spices, apples and oranges – yes of course apple pie!
Oh the orange juice in this apple cider is so festive. Oil that gets released from orange peel while cooking it along with cinnamon, clove and star anise imparts a wonderful fragrance. My house smells so festive. And the drink is so festive too.
Picture yourself having a glass of this festive cider on Christmas morning! Sounds like the best Christmas isn’t it? I agree! You definitely want to make this on for Christmas breakfast. And if you can spike it up with alcohol for a great Christmas Eve celebration drink.
Making apple cider in Instant pot has a big advantage. You can cook fruits quickly and after you strain, you could leave apple cider in instant pot for keeping it warm for few hours(using the keep warm setting).
Store apple cider juice in fridge and warm it up any time you want to drink. Homemade apple cider stays good for a week in fridge and longer in freezer.
What is Apple Cider?
Apple cider is more popular name in US, Canada. It refers to sweet beverage drink made from apples. It’s an un-fermented drink made by crushing fruit, typically apples. The drink can be spiked with alcohol/spirit of your choice or served as non-alcoholic drink.
Apple cider is THE BEST winter drink that helps you keep warm and happy.
How to Make Apple Cider Recipe
Simply cook apples along with oranges (thrown in some lemon if you don’t mind the tang) along with whole spices that are fall favorite spices. We are talking star anise, cinnamon, cloves. You can spice it up little more with little all spice powder if you like.
We promised this recipe takes very little hands-on time and we mean it. You simply have to chop apples and oranges rough. Don’t bother removing seeds or skin.
Throw roughly chopped fruits into instant pot along with whole spices and brown sugar. I’ve used brown sugar, maple syrup would be perfect sweetener for apple cider recipe.
Cook with enough water for 15 minutes. Let instant pot naturally release pressure for 15 minutes. Then open the lid after manual pressure release. Mash, strain and store or serve.
It’s that easy!
Ingredients Needed
You need just a handful of ingredients most of it you probably already have it in your fridge and pantry.
Apples – a mix of red gala apples, Honey crisp apples, green Granny Smith apples.
Oranges
Maple syrup (or brown sugar or honey for sweetener)
Spices – Cinnamon sticks, cloves, star anise and nutmeg
All spice powder – optional (I skipped)
Ginger – (optional, I skipped) great for fall so we think adding ginger to apple cider would be great.
Hot Spiked Apple Cider
Wondering how to spike up hot apple cider? Hot apple cider mixed with alcohol is warm and cozy drink to welcome fall. Hot spiked apple cider recipe is what you need for fall. Below are some ideas to spike it up-
Apple cider tastes great with rum.
But I’m thinking bourbon! It’s fall guys! We need bourbon in our life!
Pour some red wine you have a perfect drink for Halloween.
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Step-by-Step Pictorial of Easy Instant Pot Apple Cider Recipe
Step 1
Dump fruits into instant pot. Don’t bother to remove seeds or skin, simply chop fruits roughly and dump.
Step 2
Add in the whole spices. You can tie all spices in a small muslin cloth and dump it in so removing spices is a breeze.
Step 3
Pour enough water to cover all the fruits. Add sweetener, I added 1/4 cup brown sugar. Maples syrup would be BEST. Or use Stevia, coconut sugar or even honey.
Step 4
Cover and cook on HIGH PRESSURE for 15 minutes.
Step 5
Let instant pot naturally release pressure for 15 minutes. Then manually release all pressure.
Step 6
Once pressure completely settles, open lid. Remove all spices out.
Step 7
Using potato masher mash all the fruits in the liquid to release all juices and wonderful oil into it.
Step 8
Use a fine mesh strainer or a muslin cloth to strain all the juices out.
Step 9
Repeat until you have strained all the juices out.
Step 10
Serve warm as it is in glasses or garnish with any garnish options of your choice.
We used cinnamon stick, star anise (because it’s beautiful) and fresh cranberries for garnish. You could also chop some fresh apples and place it on top of the cider and slice an orange and place that for garnish. Choice is yours.
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Instant Pot Spiced Apple Cider Recipe
Ingredients
- 6 apples a mix of red gala, Honeycrisp and Granny Smith apples
- 2 oranges
- 2 sticks cinnamon
- 2 teaspoon cloves about 20
- 1 whole nutmeg
- 2 to 3 star anise
- ¼ cup brown sugar or maple syrup or stevia or even coconut sugar
- Enough water to cover the fruit
Garnish (optional, any one or many as you like)
- Cinnamon stick
- Star Anise
- Fresh Cranberries
- Chopped apples
- Orange slices
Instructions
- Wash apples and oranges.
- Roughly chop apples and oranges. Don’t bother removing seeds or skin.
- Throw all fruits in instant pot.
- Add all the whole spices.
- Pour enough water to completely cover the fruits inside the pot.
- Add brown sugar. Give it a stir.
- Secure the lid in it’s place.
- Select HIGH PRESSURE setting and adjust timer to 15 minutes.
- Once cooking time is complete, allow instant pot to naturally release pressure for 15 minutes.
- Then manually release pressure by turning pressure knob from sealing to venting position.
- Wait for pressure to be release completely.
- Open lid.
- Remove all the whole spices.
- Mash using potato masher.
- Strain the cider in fine mesh strainer or in muslin cloth. Squeeze out as much juice you can. Discard the residues.
- Serve warm as it is or garnished with cinnamon stick, few fresh cranberries (after all it’s fall), some chopped apples, a slice of orange or just plain in individual mugs.
- Store instant pot apple cider in fridge for upto 7 days or freeze it for longer.
Claudia Lamascolo
I love how easy this looks and festive for the holidays! I am sure everyone would love this holiday looking healthy drink.
jyothirajesh
Absolutely. Thank you Claudia
Karyl Henry
I never thought I liked apple cider…until I added rum LOL! Apple cider is really quite good, and so perfect for Fall weather. Love that you make your own
jyothirajesh
You are right Karyl, rum makes everything perfect 😀
Healthy World Cuisine
I bet your house smells amazing! We like to add star anise to our spiced cider too. So delicious on these cool and damp days.
jyothirajesh
You are right, thank you
Noel Lizotte
Hot Cider! That’s an old fashioned drink that my family loves … you’ve put a modern spin on it with prep in the instant pot! Talk about being able to enjoy the good things in a fraction of the time!
jyothirajesh
Thank you Noel
Veena Azmanov
I love how easy this is Jyothi. I usually make my apple cider in the slow cooker and that takes so long. Don’t mind it really but I love how simple, quick and easy this is.
jyothirajesh
Thank you Veena, slow cooker is a great option too. If you are looking for quick and fast way to make it, this is it
Mahy Elamin
I like the spices that you have added to this drink. I love the smell of cinnamon, it always reminds me of the Christmas and my parents. I can not wait to try your incredible drink.
jyothirajesh
Thank you Mahy. The spices were so soothing and comforting, truly
Marisa Franca
You’re making my mouth water. It looks so good and I bet it would help soothe a sore throat. I never thought to make all of this from scratch. Great tips, thank you!! I’m putting all the ingredients on my grocery list.
jyothirajesh
Thank you Marisa. Glad you liked it
Dan Zehr
Oh, what a great drink for the autumn evening in the family circle. This is absolutely fantastic! So YUMMY! Cannot wait to try this! Love!
jyothirajesh
I’m so happy to hear that Dan. Yes apple cider is great drink for the holiday season and any winter evening with family. Thank you. Hope you try it
April
It already looks so good! I can only image how great it tastes! Having apples in your drink is already a winner but your recipe seems to take it to another level!
jyothirajesh
Thank you April, this apple cider was so good as it is, me and my husband enjoyed it with some bourbon on the weekend night
Jenni LeBaron
This sounds truly delicious! I bet the smell is wonderful as well. The perfect warm drink to make during the holidays!
jyothirajesh
Thank you Jenni
Melissa
I love a good cider!!! Who knew you could make it yourself in the Instant Pot?! Seriously, is there anything they can’t do? 🙂 Going to make this for my dad’s retirement party this month!
jyothirajesh
I love how wonderful IP is that almost everything can be made in it. Thank you Melissa
Lauren Vavala
I think I Have just enough apples left from when we picked them at the orchard! My son and I love cider and how fun that it can be made in the Instant Pot! I love it!
jyothirajesh
Thank you Lauren. One of the best ways to use up all the fresh apples is making homemade apple cider
Catherine
Every year we make homemade cider and nothing compares to a homemade batch! I absolutely love it! It just sets me in the holiday mood…looks perfect!
jyothirajesh
You are right Catherine. Nothing compares to homemade. Thank you
Natalie
I love apple cider. Making it in instant pot sounds super easy. I must get my hubby to buy me this for Christmas. He’s a fan of apple cider too. I bet he will gladly agree to my gift wish.
jyothirajesh
Thank you Natalie
Cathleen @ A Taste of Madness
I seriously need an Instant pot!! You are making me want to buy it just for this drink 😉
jyothirajesh
Thank you Cathleen
Sue Marie
Hi Jo. I saw this the other day and am dying to try it. Read all the posts here but don’t see my question answered. I have star anise that I bought for another recipe, but so far, have never used it or know what it tastes like. I thought I had everything I needed until I saw whole nutmeg. Not sure I’ve seen that in stores here in Canada. I have the powdered form. Can I use that (if so, how much), or is there a good sub for it? I don’t think the drink would be the same if I left it out. By the way, I’ve never had apple cider either but was going to buy some last week. It’s pretty expensive here and many say homemade is better. Glad I came upon this recipe before buying it.
jyothirajesh
Hey Sue
Whole nutmeg you might get it on amazon (canada, I did check it out it’s available on amazon Canada, if you don’t mind buying you can have a look at amazon). If you want to go ahead with nutmeg powder, please use about 1/4 teaspoon of nutmeg powder. I removed the whole spices before mashing all fruits, as I wanted just that flavor without over powering. So approximately 1/4 teaspoon would be good for the recipe mentioned
Sues
Ooh I can’t even imagine how delicious your house smells when making this… I definitely need to try it soon- maybe for Thanksgiving!
jyothirajesh
Thank you Sues. It smells ‘festive’ 😀 You will really enjoy this, do try it
Trisha
Not sure what happened! Followed recipe. Smelled amazing. It was bitter!! Also more orangey than expected for Apple cider.
jyothirajesh
This drink is supposed to be slightly bitter, but wonderful to drink without being overpoweringly bitter.
Did you remove all the whole spices before brewing the drink? Did you use enough sweetener like honey or brown sugar or maple syrup? I would also check if your oranges were good quality.
Annah
Excited to make this! If doubling the recipe, anything to adjust? Will one whole nutmeg suffice, or do I need to use two?
Thank you!
Jyothi Rajesh
For my taste one whole nutmeg was good. Cider was spiced just enough for my taste buds. Please do adjust the spices to YOUR taste preference.