Mom's Homemade Apple Cider (Non-Alcoholic)

Signed at the bottom right — reads as "C. Strzoka." ⚠ The surname spelling is not certain from the signature. Worth confirming with the family — a signed recipe is the best kind of attribution there is, and it would be a shame to publish the name wrong.

Ingredients

• 8–10 apples, chopped & quartered (no need to remove peel or seeds)
• water — enough to cover the apples
• ½ – 1 cup sugar, to taste
• cinnamon & allspice, wrapped in cheesecloth

Method

In large stock pot add apples & fill w/ water — just enough to cover apples.

Add ½ – 1 cup sugar to taste.

Boil on high for 1 hr. — add cinnamon & allspice wrapped in cheesecloth.

Turn down heat & simmer for 2 hrs. — covered.

Take off heat after 2 hrs. of simmering & let sit & cool, removing spice and mashing up apples to a pulp like consistency (a potato masher works well for this).

Once cool, pour into a strainer over a bowl.

When most of the juice has drained away from apples, put remainder of pulp into a doubled-up cheesecloth & squeeze over bowl until no more juice comes out.

Keeping

Store in air tight container in fridge for up to 1 wk. Can also be frozen for longer.

Reheat either in microwave or on stove top & enjoy.

Tip (the writer's own, marked with an asterisk)

Can add caramel syrup, or Cordial & whipped topping (or marshmallows).

Notes

⚠ Spice quantities are not stated — "cinnamon & allspice" with no amounts. The card assumes the cook knows. Not guessed. The recipe is written as a numbered flow of bullet points rather than separate ingredient and method blocks; split here for readability, with all wording preserved.