Apple cider recipes often make more than you can drink. If you find yourself with extra cider, don’t throw it away. Make one of these tasty recipes using apple cider to add a taste of Fall to your table. Since these recipes call for standard cider and not hard cider, they contain no alcohol, making them perfect for the whole family.
Recipes
Apple Cider Recipes to Pin and Make With Extra Cider
1. Apple Scones with Cinnamon Glaze
Photo: Pinterest/Some the Wiser
Not too sweet, scones strategically walk the line between rich southern biscuits and sweet tea cookies. These apple scones with a cinnamon glaze from Some the Wiser get just the right amount of flavor from chopped apples in the scones and apple cider in the glaze. Try these with some coffee or tea as an afternoon snack. Even kids love these scones.
2. Slow Cooker Apple Cider Maple Meatballs
Photo: Pinterest/Mom on Timeout
Not all apple cider recipes have to be for desserts. These meatballs from Mom on Timeout get a sweet and tangy twist with maple syrup and apple cider. With the help of a slow cooker and some shortcut ingredients, these meatballs require less preparation than similar recipes.
3. Caramel Apple Cider Floats
Photo: Pinterest/Celebrating Sweets
Since fall in the Texas Hill Country could just as easily bring temperatures in the 90s as temperatures in the 60s, having a cooling option to make with cider is always a good idea. This recipe for caramel apple cider floats from Celebrating Sweets combines everything you love about the fizzy, creamy Coke float and uses sparkling cider instead. These desserts taste like caramel coated apples in a glass. You must try this on the next hot fall afternoon.
4. Apple Cider Waffles
Photo: Pinterest/Add a Pinch
Breakfast and brunch are ideal times to make apple cider recipes like these waffles from Add a Pinch. For a morning crowd-pleaser, serve up these apple cider waffles drizzled with maple syrup. To round out the meal, consider a side of sausage and some apple cider to drink.
5. Candied Apple and Walnut Salad with Apple Cider Dressing
Photo: Pinterest/Crème de la Crumb
Even avowed salad-haters will love this candied apple and walnut salad from Crème de la Crumb. This is an apple cider recipe that integrates the fall flavors of apples and nuts. Crumbled bacon will surely convert those who claim to not like greens. The tangy and sweet apple cider dressing uses both apple cider vinegar and apple juice, but you can use non-alcoholic apple cider instead of juice if you wish.
6. Cider Doughnut Muffins
Photo: Pinterest/Striped Spatula
Some mornings, the choice between doughnuts and muffins is too hard to make. With this recipe for cider doughnut muffins from Striped Spatula, you never have to choose again. Since you bake these muffins in the oven instead of frying them in oil, cooking requires less effort and less mess. Without frying, these muffins actually are healthier than doughnuts, too. But their indulgent taste means they don’t taste like it.
7. Cider Dijon Pork Chops
Photo: Pinterest/12 Tomatoes
When you tire of the same dinners, try this cider Dijon pork chop recipe from 12 Tomatoes. With tangy mustard foiled by sweet apple cider, this is one of the many sweet and savory apple cider recipes you will want to add to your regular meal rotation.