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Yield: 4 8-oz jars OR 8 4-oz jars
Ready In: 5 mins
My sister in law gave a jar full of an amazing apple cider spice mix for Christmas last year. I loved it so much I hardly dared to use any of it because I was scared I’d run out of it too fast. But of course it eventually happened and I had to recreate it in my kitchen. It turned into this recipe for homemade Hot Apple Cider Cinnamon Spice Mix, which is so easy to make with just a few ingredients.This makes for the perfect DIY Christmas food gift! I like to gift it with a bottle of nice apple juice (or red wine!) that people can stir this into. It's always very well received. If you want to make this as a gift, check out the notes section below the recipe for my packaging instructions, and to download my label for printing and using.
Recommended Equipment:
- see notes for my recommended gift packaging
Ingredients
- 4 cups sugar
- 4 tablespoons ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tablespoon ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tablespoon ground cloves
Prep Time: 5 mins
Ready In: 5 mins
Instructions
- Mix all ingredients in a large bowl and fill into individual jars.
- Use about 1 tablespoon per quart of liquid. Less sweet liquids (like wine or cranberry juice) can use a little more.
Nora’s Tips
Recommended Packaging:
Please note: I used 8-oz jars for the images, but you can use 4-oz jars just as well if it’s for a small present, or if you’re making a large amount (eg as party favors). For an apple juice to gift these with, these look nice (and can be prime’d in fast if you’re as last minute with your gifts as I often am 😉):Click here to download the printable labels. Click here to download the printable labels with the METRIC serving size. Don’t worry, you don’t need to enter your eMail address or anything to get them, they’re absolutely free from me to you.
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P.S: If you tried this recipe, why not leave me a comment below to let me know how you liked it?
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Alisia
What kind of sugar? White or brown?
Nora Rusev
I used white because it dissolves a little more easily, but you can do a mix, or use all brown. Whatever you prefer!
GB
can’t download labels.. any trick to it?
Nora Rusev
It was working for me, but just to be on the safe side I changed the download link. Would you mind trying again?
N
What are the proportions??
Nora Rusev
I’m going to update this post in a minute, but I start with 1 tablespoon of mix per quart of liquid and then see if it needs more (eg mulled wine tends to need a little more, something naturally sweet like apple juice is usually fine with 1 tablespoon).
Nicki fletcher
I’ve made this today as Christmas presents how many teaspoon ?do I put on label for putting in with Apple juice
Nora Rusev
Nicky, did you see the printable label in the post? It’s 1 tablespoon per quart (or liter if you’re in a country with the metric system). Hope that helps!
Maria
Hi, would love to make this and also print your labels, but we don’t use quarts, I saw somewhere you wrote it’s a liter? Do you have labels I can edit, so it’s in liters, or would you be able to edit them so I can print those? It’s such a cute gift!
Nora Rusev
Hi Maria, I couldn’t find my original files anymore (I first shared the printable back in 2014!), but I edited the download as well as I could and added the liter in place of the quart. You can download it here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kmwupc2gqicimh5/Hot-Apple-Cider-Cinnamon-Spice-Mix-Printable-Metric.pdf?dl=0 Hope that helps! Let me know if you need anything else 🙂
Maria
That’s awesome! Thank you so much
Nora Rusev
Of course! Hope you’re having a wonderful holiday season.
Alison
Hi, your recipe says 1 tablespoon per quart. Is this Quarter of a litre of juice? Thank you
Nora Rusev
Hi Alison, no it’s one US quart. That’s about 1 liter. Hope that helps!
Gina
Love this idea! How many jars does the recipe make? (And what size jars did you use?)
Nora Rusev
Gina, it makes four 8-oz jars OR 8 4-oz jars. I did 8-oz jars in the photos, but for small gifts I’d probably do the 4-oz ones 🙂
Crystal
It doesn’tsay how much to use this would be helpful.
Nora Rusev
I start with 1 tablespoon per quart, and then adjust from there depending on how sweet I want it 🙂
Kimberly Rostad
This is a great recipe. Making it to give to my kids’ teachers this Christmas.
Nora Rusev
That is such a sweet gesture, Kimberly. I hope your kids’ teachers will enjoy their little treat!
Sandra
This is awesome! And so easy. Glad I found the s recipe!