This spooky drink is as fun to display as it is to drink! All the ghosts and ghouls will love this creepy twist on a fall favorite this Halloween season!

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Haunted Shrunken Head Apple Cider

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups lemon juice
• 2 tbsp salt
• 3-4 large apples
• 1 gallon Apple Cider

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees.
• In a medium bowl, add lemon juice and salt. Stir to combine.
• Peel and cut each apple in half, removing the core including the stem and seeds from each apple.
• Now, take a small paring knife and carve faces in the the rounded side of each apple half.
• Add apples to the bowl with the lemon and salt mix and let soak for a minute or two.
• Remove apples and place face up on a lined baking sheet.
• Bake apples until dry about 90 minutes.
• Meanwhile, why the apples bake add apple cider to a slowcooker on low to heat up.
• When the apples are done add them to the warm cider so the shrunken heads float on top.
• Display the Haunted Shrunken Head Apple Cider in a punchbowl or in the slowcooker with a ladle and mugs for serving.

Start with 3-4 large apples. 

 Peel and cut each apple in half.

Remove the core including the stem and seeds from each apple. 

Add apples to the bowl with the lemon and salt mix and let soak for a minute or two.

This keeps the apples from browning.

Now, take a small paring knife and carve faces in the the rounded side of each apple half.

My girls enjoyed carving scary and funny faces into the apples. 

A paring knife works well but you can also use a melon baller or small spoon to scoop out the eyes and mouth. 

Remove apples and place face up on a lined baking sheet. 

Bake apples until dry at 250 degrees for 90 minutes. 

When the apples are done add them to the warm cider.

The shrunken heads should float on top.

Display the Haunted Shrunken Head Apple Cider in a punchbowl or in the slowcooker with a ladle and mugs for serving. 

This recipe is inspired by two of our favorite family movies (that happen to feature shrunken heads), Harry Potter and Beetlejuice!

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Happy November!

Autumn is in full swing with the cool temps and falling leaves and my girls and I are loving it!

We sip our favorite fall beverage, Apple Cider, both hot and cold, as often as we can. 

In honor of our favorite season I created this farmhouse inspired printable Apple Cider sign along with an adorable apple print DIY banner. 

You can frame the sign and hang the banner on your mantle or in the kitchen or as my girls did, have a Autumn Apple Cider Stand and use the printables to decorate!

I have included three different size apple banners below. Print as many as you like and then cut out, add holes, and string as a banner.

Happy Fall, Y’all!

This printable farmhouse style sign is my favorite!

It would look great framed on display at home and also works for themed photos and apple cider stands!

I also created a apple print banner. I included 3 sizes so you can use as a banner or smaller garland or even tags!

The size pictured here on the Apple Cider stand is the large 2 per page Apples. I printed 3 pages and cut out, punched holes, and added yarn to string along. 

My girls have done a lemonade stand before but this was the first time they did a fall apple cider stand.

The sign an banner were the perfect decorations!

Print your own sign and banner below!

Click below to download and print for free!

• Apple Cider Printable Sign

• Large 2 Apple Printable Banner

• Medium 4 Apple Printable Banner

• Small 8 Apple Printable Garland or Tags 

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Crock-Pot Mulled Apple Cider

Makes 16 servings

Ingredients

• 1/2 gallon apple cider
• 1/4 cup brown sugar
• 2 oranges sliced
• 1/2 tsp allspice
• 1/2 tsp cloves
• 4 cinnamon sticks plus more for garnish

Instructions

• Combine all ingredients in a Crock-Pot.
• Cover and heat on low for 2 hours.
• Serve warm with extra cinnamon sticks for a garnish.

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