Cranberry Margaritas

Happy {early} Thanksgiving!!

Are you thirsty? I sure hope so because I have the perfect last minute Thanksgiving cocktail to share today. It involves tequila, ergo you should make it.

Honestly, I loved making that cranberry sauce a few weeks ago so much that I decided to buy more berries and play a little. Have you noticed a strange pattern that I seem to always blend cranberries with booze? I don’t know what’s happening. It’s weird. Last time it was bourbon and today it’s tequila…I’m on a roll. These margaritas are sweet, tart and, well, pretty. Sorry {not sorry} — I can’t help it. I come from the school of belief that pink drinks taste better just because they’re pink.

Serve these as a pre-feast celebratory cocktail with friends and family. I loved them with the traditional salted glass rim, but you could also do a sugar rim if you felt so inclined. Either way, they’re a win.

Happy Thanksgiving, friends. I am so thankful for YOU!

Cranberry Margaritas

makes 2 large drinks {with extra cranberry syrup!}

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Ingredients:

12 oz fresh cranberries, rinsed

1 cup water

1 cup sugar

4 oz tequila, divided

3 oz triple sec, divided

juice of 2 limes

lime wedges, salt and cranberries for garnish

Directions:

First, make the cranberry syrup. Combine the cranberries, water and sugar in a medium saucepot over high heat. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer until berries burst and begin to break down. Immediately remove pot from heat and strain. Toss the berries and keep the syrup. Place syrup in the fridge for a couple hours or overnight to cool completely.

To make the margaritas, run the edge of a mason jar with a lime and then dip in salt. Add about a third cup of the cranberry syrup to a cocktail shaker (you be the judge according to how sweet you like your margaritas). Follow with the tequila, triple sec, lime juice and ice. Strain margarita into mason jar and finish with more ice.

**Cranberry syrup can be made up to a week ahead of time and kept in the fridge

Time:

active time — 10 minutes

total time —- 4 hours