Apricot Wine
Ingredients
- 1 pound dried apricots
- 4 quarts warm water
- 6½ cups white granulated sugar
- 2¼ cups brown sugar
- 1½ cups raisins
- 1 tablespoon ginger
- 2 lemons, sliced thin
- 2 oranges
- ½ yeast cake
Instructions
1. Wash the apricots in several changes of water, then dry and cut in halves.
2. Place apricots in a large crock, and pour on the warm water. Reserve ½ cup of water, and dissolve the yeast cake into it.
3. Stir in the sugars, fruit, raisins, and ginger.
4. Add the dissolved yeast and mix well.
5. Cover with the top of the crock and let stand.
6. Stir every other day.
7. After thirty days, strain the mixture and bottle it.
