• Menu
  • Skip to right header navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to secondary navigation
  • Skip to primary sidebar

Before Header

Subscribe for Email Updates

logo

Providing printables, encouragement, tips and resources to help busy mums balance homeschooling, homemaking and frugal living.

  • Craft
  • Faith
  • Recipes
    • Recipe Index
  • Homeschooling
    • Free Printables
    • Google Slides ~ How To | Distance Learning
    • Printables By Grade
    • Printables By Subject
  • Homemaking
    • DIY & Frugal Living
  • Wellness
    • Essential Oils

Mobile Menu

  • Craft
  • Faith
  • Recipes
    • Recipe Index
  • Homeschooling
    • Free Printables
    • Google Slides ~ How To | Distance Learning
    • Printables By Grade
    • Printables By Subject
  • Homemaking
    • DIY & Frugal Living
  • Wellness
    • Essential Oils

How to Make your Own Scrappy Apple Cider Vinegar

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my full disclosure policy.
  • Share
  • Tweet

This apple cider vinegar is so cheap and easy to make, made with leftover apple scraps and just a couple of other ingredients.

Jump to Recipe Print Recipe

How to Make your Own Scrappy Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple Cider Vinegar

To make this vinegar, you will need:

  • Apple scraps – peels and cores, no rotten bits
  • distilled water
  • 1 TBSP of sugar per cup of water
  • 1 TBSP of apple cider mother per cup of water (optional)
  • pure, warm water

This recipe is designed for you to adjust the measurements depending on how much you want to make and how many apple scraps you have.

Instructions

Make sure the apples are cleaned before peeling them. I like to cut up the cores a bit before adding as well. Fill a glass jar about ¾ full of apple scraps that have no rotten bits or mould.

Measure the water as you pour it over the apple scraps. You will need enough to just cover the apple scraps, leaving about 2 – 3 inches of room at the top of the jar.

Add the apple cider mother if using.

Stir in the sugar.

Cover the jar with a piece of cloth or a coffee filter and keep in place with an elastic band or jar ring.

Place in a dark cupboard to ferment at room temperature.

Check every few days, giving it a gentle stir.

After 2 weeks, strain out the apple scraps and discard. Bottle up your apple cider vinegar.

Allow to rest for at least another 2 weeks before using. You will need to use a bottle that can handle carbonation, as it will continue to ferment until all the sugar is consumed. If it has a strong apple cider vinegar smell and taste it is ready, if not, allow it to ferment a little longer.

Notes – You do not need to add the apple cider mother, this just helps kickstart your vinegar. If you do add it, you can add store bought vinegar with the mother or a bit of your previous batch.

You may notice that your vinegar grows a thick, rubbery mother or that dark floating bits may appear or it may become cloudy. These two things are okay. Keep an eye out for mould as that it not okay and your vinegar will need to be thrown out and you will have to start again. To stop the fermentation process, replace with a proper lid and store in the fridge. It should last up to 12 months when refrigerated.

How to Make your Own Scrappy Apple Cider Vinegar

Uses for Apple Cider Vinegar

Here is a list of some of the uses, though there are many, many more:

  • To soak grains
  • To make homemade salad dressings
  • As a substitute for white vinegar in recipes
  • Use when making bone broth
  • To make homemade mayonnaise
  • As an immune system booster
  • Use as a facial toner or hair rinse
  • To get rid of fruit flies
  • To clean the house – infuse with citrus peels 
How to Make your Own Scrappy Apple Cider Vinegar

Make Scrappy Apple Cider Vinegar

This apple cider vinegar is so cheap and easy to make, made with leftover apple scraps and just a couple of other ingredients.
Print Pin
Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 42 d

Ingredients
  

  • Apple Scraps - peels and cores, no rotten bits
  • 1 TBSP sugar per cup of water
  • 1 TBSP apple cider with the mother per cup of water, optional
  • pure, warm water

Instructions
 

  • This recipe is designed for you to adjust the measurements depending on how much you want to make and how many apple scraps you have.
  • Make sure the apples are cleaned before peeling them. I like to cut up the cores a bit before adding as well. Fill a glass jar about ¾ full of apple scraps that have no rotten bits or mould.
  • Measure the water as you pour it over the apple scraps. You will need enough to just cover the apple scraps. Leave about 2-3 inches of room at the top of the jar.
  • Add the apple cider mother, if using.
  • Stir in the sugar.
  • Cover the jar with a piece of cloth or a coffee filter and keep in place with an elastic band or jar ring.
  • Place in a dark cupboard to ferment at room temperature.
  • Check every few days, giving it a gentle stir.
  • After 2 weeks, strain out the apple scraps and discard. Bottle up your apple cider vinegar.
  • Allow to rest for at least another 2 weeks before using. You will need to use a bottle that can handle carbonation, as it will continue to ferment until all the sugar is consumed. If it has a strong apple cider vinegar smell and taste it is ready, if not, allow it to ferment a little longer.

Notes

  • You do not need to add the apple cider mother, this just helps kickstart your vinegar. If you do add it, you can add store bought vinegar with the mother or a bit of your previous batch.
  • You may notice that your vinegar grows a thick, rubbery mother or that dark floating bits may appear or it may become cloudy. These two things are okay. Keep an eye out for mould as that it not okay and your vinegar will need to be thrown out and you will have to start again. To stop the fermentation process, replace with a proper lid and store in the fridge. It should last up to 12 months when refrigerated.
Keyword Apple Cider Vinegar
Tried this recipe? Share a pic on Instagram#simplelivingcreativelearning

Apple Scrap Jelly Slow Cooker Apple Butter How to Make Homemade Elderberry Syrup DIY Vanilla Extract Make Homemade Buttermilk Homemade Instant Pancake Mix

  • Share
  • Tweet

Category: RecipesTag: DIY, Homemade, Simple Living

Love Free Printables?

Subscribe to receive weekly emails!

Previous Post: «Slow Cooker Recipes 18 Slow Cooker Recipes
Next Post: Bird Notebooking Pages Bird Notebooking Pages»

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Recipe Rating




Primary Sidebar

Come and Join Us

Support My Work

Love Free Printables?

Subscribe to receive weekly emails!

Categories

AMAZON ASSOCIATES DISCLOSURE

Simple Living. Creative Learning is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com.

  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Disclosure
  • Cart
  • My Account

Return to top

Copyright © 2013-2020 · Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in