Skip to main content
Epicurious
Cookbooks

Apple Pie–Spiced Cider

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 6

Ingredients

1 1/4 quarts apple cider
3 tablespoons firmly packed light brown sugar
1 whole cinnamon stick, plus 6 sticks for garnish
1 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
Pinch of ground cloves
Pinch of freshly grated nutmeg
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup Calvados or other brandy (optional)

Preparation

  1. In a medium saucepan, whisk together the cider, sugar, spices, and salt. Bring to a simmer over medium-low heat. Remove from heat; pour in the brandy, if desired. Strain into a pitcher; discard the solids. Serve immediately, garnished with cinnamon sticks.

The cookbook cover with a blue background and fine typeface.
Reprinted with permission from The Martha Stewart Living Cookbook: The New Classics by Martha Stewart Living Magazine, copyright © 2007. Published by Clarkson Potter, a division of The Crown Publishing Group. Buy the full book from Amazon.
TagsHot DrinkBeveragesCocktailAlcoholApple CiderAmericanNonalcoholicEasySimmerCookbooks
Read More
The Most-Saved Recipes in the Epicurious App This Week
Like banana pudding cake and beer can chicken.
Caramelized Onion Pasta
Turn humble onions into this thrifty yet luxe pasta dinner.
Sheet-Pan Hot Honey Chicken and Peaches
No grill needed for this just-charred-enough sweet and spicy chicken.
13 Types of Nuts and How to Cook With Them
Filberts, goobers, scaly bark nuts: Explore the world beyond almonds in this guide.
Raspberry–Brown Butter Skillet Cake
Assembled right in the skillet, no bowls needed.
The Most-Saved Recipes in the Epicurious App in June
Like swordfish steaks with tomatoes and Peruvian-style tofu.
Spaghetti With So Much Zucchini
Loosely inspired by pasta Amatriciana, a few pounds of zucchini stand in for tomatoes.
Pork Tenderloin With Street Corn
Stir-frying slices makes this dinner doable on any given night.