Apple Cider – Non Alcoholic

what to do…

1. Quarter your apples (no need to remove peel or seeds). Place apples in a large stock pot and fill with water–just enough to cover.
2. Add sugar.
3. Wrap cinnamon and allspice in a doubled up cheese cloth and tie, and add this to the apples and water.
4. Boil on high for one hour (uncovered) checking on it frequently. Turn down heat and let simmer for two hours (covered).
5. Take off the heat after two hours of simmering and let cool. Re- move spices and mash up the apples to a pulp like consistency (a po- tato masher works well for this).
6. Once cool pour into a strainer over a large bowl. When most of the juice has drained away, put the remainder of the pulp into a dou- bled up cheese cloth and squeeze over the bowl until no more juice comes out. (At this point you can either re-strain the juice to get out the little bits of pulp that remain with a cheese cloth draped inside the strainer to catch them or just leave it).
7. Store in an air tight container in your refrigerator for up to a week or freeze it for later use if you like.
8. Reheat in the microwave or on the stove and enjoy either plain or you can add caramel syrup or caramels, whipped topping with cinnamon or, if you like it really sweet, with marshmallows.
Cook’s Note: You could make this a diabetic recipe by omitting the sugar and adding diabetic sweeteners to taste in place of the sugar or none at all.