Slow Cooker Cranberry-Pear Cider

Holiday spices, pears, and cranberries simmer away in your slow cooker, filling your whole house with festive fragrance as you prepare this homemade Christmas cider.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 5 hr
• Total Time: 5 hr 15 mins
• Calories: 214 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 cups cranberries
• 8 cups water
• ⅓ cup pure maple syrup
• 1 medium orange
• ¼ cup fresh cranberries
• 1 whole nutmeg
• 2 (3 inch) cinnamon sticks
• Garnish:
• 4 (3 inch) cinnamon sticks
• 1 medium orange, sliced
• 16 whole cloves
• 10 medium pears
• 1 medium pear, sliced

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Push cloves into the orange rind. Cut orange into quarters and place in a large slow cooker.

Step 2

Cut pears into quarters, leaving peels and cores. Place in the slow cooker, along with cranberries, cinnamon sticks, and whole nutmeg. Pour in water, cover, and cook on Low for 4 hours.

Step 3

Mash all ingredients with a whisk or potato masher. Continue to cook for 1 more hour.

Step 4

Strain all solids with a fine mesh sieve. Rinse out the slow cooker.

Step 5

Return the strained cider to the slow cooker. Pour in maple syrup and stir to combine. Add orange and pear slices, cranberries, and cinnamon sticks for garnish.