Cranberry Margarita

Total Time Prep/Total Time: 5 min.
Yield 1 serving
Test Kitchen Approved
When you want the flavors of a margarita but it's snowing outside, whip up a cranberry margarita. It's everything you love about the classic cocktail with a wintry spin.

Ingredients

  • RIM GARNISH (optional):
  • 1 lime wedge
  • 1/4 cup turbinado (washed raw) sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • Ice cubes
  • MARGARITA:
  • 3 ounces cranberry juice
  • 2 ounces tequila resposado
  • 1 ounce fresh lime juice
  • 1/4 ounce orange liqueur, optional
  • Fresh sage leaves and cranberries, optional

Directions

  1. If desired, moisten rim of 1 cocktail glass with lime wedge and, in a small shallow dish, combine sugar, cinnamon and nutmeg; dip rim in sugar mixture. Fill glass with ice.
  2. In an empty cocktail shaker, combine cranberry juice, tequila, lime juice and, if desired, orange liqueur. Fill with ice; cover and shake until frost forms on the outside of the shaker, 15-20 seconds. Strain into prepared glass. If desired, garnish with sage and cranberries.

Nutrition Facts

1 serving: 180 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 3mg sodium, 14g carbohydrate (12g sugars, 0 fiber), 1g protein.

Bright, citrusy and tart, this cranberry margarita is a beautiful version of the classic margarita. Flavored with cranberry juice and rimmed with spiced sugar, this cocktail is perfect when you want something with a little bit of oomph. —Lauren Grant, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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