New to cider

[akrizan]

Long time lurker on the beer side, finally made an account for something a little outside of my usual.

My mom and sisters requested a batch of cider for Christmas, and seeing as how they prefer a slightly sweet commercial cider, I'd like to duplicate that as close as possible.

Starting with pasteurized (all that's available due to MD laws) cider, where do I go from there? Pectic enzyme?, sugar addition?, Yeast selection? Stopping fermentation? (Can't cold crash) How to naturally carb a sweet cider without bottle bombs?

Thanks for any help you can give.

 

[BarefootFriar]

I was just about to ask a very similar question, so I'm commenting so I can easily find it again.

 

[Cyber36]

Hit the search button boys & have at it........

 

[Virigoth]

This is a pretty quick cider that seems to have a decent amount of visibility to the thread. I'm not sure what aging would do in this recipe:
https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f81/5-day-sweet-country-cider-265986/ IT's on my list to make in the 7-10 days so when I bottle my Apfelwein I can keep myself out of it until it cures properly.