Creamy Apple Cider Vinaigrette Dressing Recipe

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Apple cider vinaigrette salad dressing in four easy ingredients. I bet you have everything in your pantry right now! If you love simple recipes, you’ll want to make this!

If you’ve ever looked at the back of a salad dressing bottle and cringed when you saw the number of unpronounceable ingredients, then this Creamy Apple Cider Vinaigrette dressing is for you. Easy to make and tastes fantastic!

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Apple Cider Vinaigrette

Creamy Apple Cider Vinaigrette Dressing Recipe

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Apple Cider Dressing Ingredients

  • Apple cider vinegar – I like to use one with live cultures, but this isn’t necessary.
  • Dijon mustard – Whole ground is my favorite, but smooth works too.
  • Honey – Love using local honeys.
  • Mayonnaise – Full fat will give the best result.
  • Salt & pepper

Honey, Mustard, Vinegar, Salt, and pepper in this Apple Cider Vinaigrette Dressing Recipe

How do you make homemade apple cider vinaigrette dressing? (Step-by-step)

First, add ingredients to a bowl or large measuring cup.

Next, whisk or blend ingredients together.

Then, chill until ready to use.

Finally, enjoy on your favorite salad (I’d suggest this Apple Walnut Salad with Blue Cheese!)

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Alternatively, if you’ve ever opened your refrigerator only to find that the dressing bottle in the door has been expired for six months, this recipe is for you.

I am both of those people, in the event you were curious. Our recipe for apple cider vinaigrette salad dressing is easy, healthy, and only uses four ingredients. Four ingredients that I’m betting you have on hand right now!

Let’s just pause a moment and grieve for the English language. Do you see how vinaigrette is spelled? What is this foolishness? I will forever be double checking that word as I type. Oof. I just can’t even.

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Anyhow, spellings aside, this recipe rocks my socks. Once upon a time I made a gorgeous salad and when I looked through the fridge for some dressing, there was none. My husband suggested I eat it plain, so of course I immediately filed for divorce. (KIDDING). I love my husband. Even if he does have misguided notions about salad.

Instead I raided the pantry and put together this quickie dressing.  If we’re being honest, I just hoped it would be palatable.  I never expected to fall head over heels cartoon googly eyes for it.

But alas, sometimes the fates collide and food miracles happen. The best part is that I always have the ingredients for this at the house, and the list of ingredients is short, sweet, and to the point.  Also, pronounceable.  Which is always a big plus.

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Tools we love

  • OXO Good Grips Green Salad Spinner – I know this sounds like a silly tool, but you guys.  Salad spinners are addicting.  Once you see the volume of water that comes out of what you previously considered ‘dry’ lettuce, you’ll be hooked!
  • Anchor Hocking Glass Cruet With Stopper – because what’s the point of making your own salad dressing if you don’t have anywhere to put it?
  • Lipper International Small Bamboo Bowls, Set of 4 – As someone who doesn’t gravitate toward eating salad, I like to do all the things possible to make sure my salad looks super appealing.  And that includes awesome salad bowls.
  • Lipper International Bamboo Salad Bowl – And what good is a salad bowl to eat out of if you don’t have a cute one to serve out of?
  • Vremi Wooden Spoons Bamboo Utensils with Colorful Handles – see also: matching utensils.  My Apple Cider Vinaigrette Dressing deserves only the  best.

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How to Make Creamy Apple Cider Vinaigrette

5 from 8 votes

Creamy Apple Cider Vinaigrette Dressing

Created by: April Woods

Course Salad
Cuisine American
Prep Time 3 minutes
Total Time 3 minutes
6
Apple Cider Vinaigrette Dressing is a quick and easy way to dress up your salad, using ingredients you probably already have in your pantry!

Ingredients
 

  • 1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
  • 1/3 cup dijon mustard
  • 1/3 cup honey
  • 1/3 cup mayo
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt more to taste
  • dash of ground pepper

Instructions

  • Put everything in a bowl and whisk until incorporated.  You could use an immersion blender or electric mixer, but good old (wo)man power will do the trick just fine.
  • Enjoy on your Apple Blue Cheese Walnut Salad!

Notes

Calories are automatically generated. For best results calculate based on your exact ingredients.

Nutrition

Calories: 120kcal

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originally published 7.1.2015

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46 Comments

  1. I'm on a hunt for delicious homemade dressing recipes. This one looks delicious and your pictures are absolutely stunning! Thanks for sharing.

    1. 5 stars
      For 2 Tbsp of this dressing, it is: 72 Calories, 3g fat, 11.7g carbs, .3g fiber, .5 protein

      This is super easy to make and yummy. Thank you for posting this recipe!!!

      1. thank you so much for calculating that! <3

  2. how long will it last in the fridge?
    PS it was so quick and easy to make and so ono (delicious)

  3. This was an amazing recipe! Definitely my go to dressing anymore 🙂 Thanks for sharing!

  4. Where is the cilantro garlic sauce recipe?
    The link directed me to this Creamy Apple Cider Vinaigrette dressing?

  5. Vinaigrette is a French word.

  6. 5 stars
    This is a great dressing! I love that its creamy despite being dairy free.

  7. Wilhelmina Wessel says:

    5 stars
    This looks awesome!

  8. I’m on the hunt for a good Apple Cider Vinaigrette since I fell in love with the one served at a local diner. Definitely going to try this one. What kind of mayo did you use?

    1. Probably Helmans or Dukes, those are my go-to’s 🙂

  9. Way too sweet for me. Loved the simplicity though and will just cut back on the honey not time.

  10. 5 stars
    This was amazing! I actually had to add a little more honey

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