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Pear Cider Recipe

A wonderful alternative to traditional apple cider, our perfectly spiced, pear-flavored beverage will warm you from head to toe. —Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Greendale, Wisconsin

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Pear Cider Recipe

Prep: 5 min. Cook: 3 hours

Yield: 20 Servings

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Ingredients

12 cups unsweetened apple juice
4 cups pear nectar
8 cinnamon sticks (3 inches)
1 tablespoon whole allspice
1 tablespoon whole cloves

Directions

In a 6-qt. slow cooker, combine juice and nectar. Place the cinnamon sticks, allspice and cloves on a double thickness of cheesecloth; bring up corners of cloth and tie with string to form a bag. Place in slow cooker.
Cover and cook on low for 3-4 hours or until heated through. Discard spice bag. Serve warm cider in mugs. Yield: 20 servings (3/4 cup each).

Nutritional Facts 3/4 cup equals 100 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 6 mg sodium, 25 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Pear Cider in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations Cookbook Annual 2012, p244