Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 12 apples, variety gala, fuji, golden delicious, quartered (Note 1)
  • 12 cups water, enough to cover fruit in slow cooker
  • 2 oranges, quartered
  • 1 lemon, quartered
  • 3 cinnamon sticks
  • 2 teaspoon whole cloves
  • 1 whole nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon whole allspice
  • 1 inch piece fresh ginger
  • 1/3 cup turbinado sugar (Note 2)

Instruction

  • To an 8-quart slow cooker, add the apples, oranges, lemon, cinnamon sticks, whole cloves, whole nutmeg, whole allspice, ginger, turbinado sugar, and water. Cover the water to about 1/2 inch from top of the slow cooker.
  • Turn slow cooker to low, and cook about 6-8 hours or high for 4 hours.
  • About 3 hours into cooking, smash the fruit to add the flavor to the water. If cooking on high mash after 2 hours.
  • Strain fruit through a fine mesh sieve to get all the juice. Discard the solids. If This straining process can be done twice.
  • Taste for sweetness. Add in turbinado sugar to your sweetness. Usually, 1/3 cup of sugar is enough.
  • Serve on warm from the slow cooker or refrigerate and use as needed.