Recipe from myrecipes.com
You can substitute a pure cranberry juice found in the grocery store for the homemade cranberry juice, just make sure to sweeten it.
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- Pinch of salt
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 4 cups fresh cranberries
- 1 1/3 cups bourbon
- 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- Mint leaves
Combine water, sugar, salt and cinnamon sticks and heat until sugar dissolves.
Discard cinnamon sticks. Then combine this mixture with the cranberries in a blender and blend until smooth, strain through a sieve twice and discard solids.
Combine the cranberry liquid with bourbon and lemon juice and stir; serve over ice and garnish with a mint leaf.
Makes 8 drinks.
Per serving: 207 calories; 0 g fat (0 g saturated fat; 0 percent calories from fat); 32 g carbohydrates; 0 mg cholesterol; 19 mg sodium; 0.2 g protein; less than 1 g fiber.
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