Practical Homemade Apple Cider in a Slow Cooker Most ways to make apple cider involve canning skills and equipment. Plus, you have to plan ahead to make gallons of the stuff. Our Wellness Mama, Katie, has come up with a more practical technique. Using a slow cooker, you can put this apple cider together in a day and use it up in the coming week. Happy winter! Apples are CC 3.0 by Wikipedia user Zozza Posted by → January 22, 2015 at 5:00 PM under News and Events