This Apple Pie Vodka has all the warmth of your favorite holiday dessert! Infused with cinnamon, cardamom, nutmeg, clove, and ginger, this vodka makes for the perfect holiday drink!
To make this fall-inspired alcoholic drink, just add your favorite apple and pie spices to your favorite vodka and wait for the best fall drink you’ve ever had! And it only takes 2 days in the fridge to do the trick.
For other tasty drink recipes, try this recipe for Salted Caramel Lattes from Scratch, Spiced Hot Chocolate with Nutmeg, or this tasty Lemon Lime Float.
This drink goes great with your holiday meal or on its own for a fun get together! You can even drink it alongside your favorite apple pie!
This Apple Pie Vodka recipe is...
- vegan
- vegetarian
- fall-inspired alcohol
- gluten-free
- a fun flavored vodka
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How to Make Apple Pie Vodka
- Slice the apple into thin slivers.
- In a large glass or plastic container, combine the vodka, apple slices, cinnamon stick, star anise, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger.
- Place the container in the fridge so the flavors can be infused into the vodka.
- Shake the container a couple times so that the flavors can combine better.
- Once the flavor has been infused, strain the vodka into a clean container. Use either a mesh sieve or cheese cloth.
- Combine the sugar with water in a saucepan and heat it up over the stove.
- Stir this until the sugar is dissolved. Bring it to a simmer and cook.
- Remove the sugar from the heat—this is your simple syrup.
- Add the simple syrup to the infused vodka and vanilla extract and stir well until it’s combined.
- Store the infused vodka in a sealed glass container. In the fridge.
Scroll down for the full recipe with measurements and detailed instructions.
Tips & Tricks
Sieve or Cheese Cloth
A sieve is a strainer, but with a fine mesh material so that smaller grains are separated from the liquid.
Cheese cloth is a thin cloth—usually used for making cheese—that looks a lot like gauze, but it’s used to strain liquid.
Either one of these works great for this apple pie vodka recipe.
Soak It
Make sure you soak your vodka for the full 48 hours so that the spices are released into the vodka. If you drink it right away, you won’t notice much of a difference in the flavor.
Use Sweet Apples
You can use a variety of apples in your apple pie vodka. Try using more than one type of apple for different flavors of apple pie vodka.
Try Gala, Fuji, Braeburn, Pink Lady, or Honey Crisp apples.
Leftover Syrup
You’ll likely have some remaining simple syrup. This is great for mixing cocktails—especially mojitos.
Apple Pie Vodka FAQs
Can vodka be made from apples?
Yes, vodka can be made from anything with sugar or starch, though it’s usually made of grains. But it can be made with apples—though this doesn’t leave an apple flavor.
But this apple pie vodka recipe will definitely leave you with an apple pie flavor. You create this flavor by adding fresh apples and spices to your vodka and letting the flavors release into the drink.
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Recipe
Apple Pie Vodka
Ingredients
- 2 medium apples
- 1 3” cinnamon stick
- 1 whole star anise
- 5 whole cardamom pods
- ½ piece nutmeg
- 10 whole cloves
- 1 ¼” slice ginger optional
- 3 cups vodka
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ c granulated sugar
Instructions
- Slice apple into very thin slivers.
- In a large glass or plastic container, combine the vodka, apple slices, cinnamon stick, star anise, cardamom, cloves, nutmeg, and ginger.
- Place in the fridge for 48 hours. Shake the container a couple times throughout the 48 hours, to help the flavors combine.
- Once all the flavor is infused into the vodka, strain the mixture into a clean container using a fine mesh sieve or cheese cloth.
- Combine the sugar with ½ c/120ml water in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Stir until the sugar is dissolved. Bring to a simmer and cook for just 30 seconds. Remove from the heat and allow the sugar mixture to cool. You’ve made a simple syrup!
- Add ½ c/120ml of simple syrup to the infused vodka and vanilla extract and stir until well combined.
- Store in a sealed glass container in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.
Notes
- Use a sweet and flavorful variety of apple—like gala, fuji, or Braeburn.
- You can use any remaining simple syrup for mixing cocktails—it’s perfect for mojitos!
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