This is a dish that my grandmother used to make for my mother and also for me. Similar to hot rice pudding, it is delicious when served with cinnamon.
| Prep Time: | 5 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 4 hrs |
| Total Time: | 4 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 72 |
| Yield: | 9 quarts |
Ingredients
- 1 gallon apple cider
- 1 gallon apple juice
- 1 ½ cups white sugar, or to taste
- 6 (3 inch) cinnamon sticks
- 1 (1 liter) bottle 190 proof grain alcohol (such as Everclear™)
Instructions
- Place apple cider, apple juice, sugar, and cinnamon sticks into a large pot. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and discard cinnamon sticks. Allow mixture to cool to room temperature, then stir in grain alcohol.
- Pour into sterilized quart-sized canning jars; seal with clean lids and rings and refrigerate until ready to serve.
- You can store this in the refrigerator for at least 6 months.
Reviews
I always make a batch but with two gallons of apple juice and one bottle of sparkling apple cider. Everyone prefers it that way. And it never makes it past the holidays.
Love this I also put in some Caramel moonshine an fireball whiskey it’s really good
Great recipe. Used 1/2 gallon of apple cider and 1 gallon of apple juice. Upped the sugar to 2 cups and added 1 Liter and half of Everclear, kept cinnamon sticks the same.
Be careful just to stick with one cinnamon stick in a jar or it tastes like red hots. Good stuff though added captain Morgan spiced rum delicious
Everyone loves this! My notes – 1) boil w/the stix but remove when cooled. 2) Peel apples and cut at least 9 rings an put them in the canning jars – they’re a special treat 🙂 3) I cover the jars with cheese cloth while filling
I love it so easy to make
Delicious! Could definitely cut the sugar down by about 1/3 if you would like.
Great recipe. This drink has been a favorite of mine but I always got it from friends. This recipe was great and was even better after a few months in the fridge. We noticed the flavors got better the longer it sat. I will be making this recipe again.
Not a everclear fan so instead I put in Capt. Morgans spiced rum 100 proof. Gives it a bit more apple pie spice taste . I give it away for Christmas but make sure I have plenty of my own as this is a great drink on chilly nites by the firepit.
I make this recipe every Fall. I usually do half white and half brown sugar, but I think this year I’m going to try cutting the sweetness back just a bit. I also always add half a cup of vanilla vodka when I add the Everclear. Yummm!!!
Looks delish. Would this be a good shot recipe? How many shots would this recipe make if so please??
I made this and it was delicious. I will say I did not go completely by the directions. I doubled the apple juice, apple cider and cinnamon sticks. I simmered it for 12 hours. Then the store only had 750 ml of Everclear bottles, so I bought three and used all of them. I completely forgot the sugar which was fine because it was sweet enough. We could barely taste the alcohol, the only way we knew it was there was the warmth in are throats and chest. Completely underestimated how much alcohol was in there and my friends party was a hit because I brought these along.
This is a fantastic recipe! Mm… Makes me look forward to my yearly mountain trip.
This really is a good holiday drink. Had it in a drinking fountain and it was the nights popular drink. I did not want to make it so strong with ever clear since we had guest driving in from out of town. I substituted it with Captain morgans spiced rum. This turned out well. At first we made a sample of it with vodka, but the popular vote was the spiced rum. We also tried it with apple vodka, cinnamon swirl vodka, and both were too sweat. The spiced rum won.
Tldr: It’s really good. Just follow the recipe. I’ve made this about 4 times. It’s always a pleaser. Great for parties, and everyone is astounded by it. Works well too. I don’t know what folks are on about saying all they could taste was the booze, that’s my favorite part about it. With 190 proof everclear it might as well not be alcoholic untill it hits you. And it will hit you. Hard. Two BIG BIG cautions though. Make VERY sure you have a lot of containers on hand. It’s clearly not going to just fit into the two gallon large jugs from the apple juice, and it’s a real big hassle to try and get it into the everclear bottle. AND make sure to have a big ol pot to cook it up in. For some reason the first time I tried to make it I thought 2+ gallons of liquid would fit onto a large cooking pot. So I was under prepared and ended up having to use every pot I own to make it. So get a very large cooking pot. I bought one just for making Apple pie, it is about a foot and a half tall and was about $10 from general dollar. Overall, you get a lot of booze for about $28-30.00. That’s estimating $19.99 for the everclear (I get the liter or medium sized bottle of the strong stuff.) and about 4 or 5 dollars per gallon of apple juice and cider. F. Y. I. It’s much easier to acquire the necessary amounts of cider in October or November. If you can’t find it around the juices a lot of the time it’s in the “seasonal/fall” groceries. That’s all I’ve got.
I have been making this for our annual Halloween party for the past several years. I use about 3 cups of sugar in my recipe and it’s always a huge hit. I have to make several batches by request each year.
I’ve made this for years & I add 4 cups of sugar & let it simmer until the cinnamon sticks start to uncurl. Also run it through a strainer to fibers from the cinnamon out. I’ve see people commenting that all they can taste & smell is the everclear. I always hear that they can’t even tell there’s any alcohol in it. It keeps in the fridge forever. We’ve had it last for over a year. If you keep it that long the everclear taste does come out more. If that happens just add some more apple juice
We make it every year and give it as gifts!
It’s in the making now! Can’t wait although I’m using ever clear that’s only 151 proof and a fifth of captain Morgan spiced rum
Just some notes: Do NOT use juice or cider from concentrate. It will taste bad and lose most of its flavor when boiled. Other than that you can pretty much make this drink to taste. +/- sugar, cinnamon as you like. Simmer longer for lower liquidity.
Tastes great. Everyone loved it