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

Steps

1. 1

   Wash the apricots in several changes of water, then dry and cut in halves.

2. 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. 3

   Stir in the sugars, fruit, raisins, and ginger.

4. 4

   Add the dissolved yeast and mix well.

5. 5

   Cover with the top of the crock and let stand.

6. 6

   Stir every other day.

7. 7

   After thirty days, strain the mixture and bottle it.