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Two cranberry cocktails on wooden plates with fresh cranberries all around and a cocktail shaker in the background.
Servings: 1 cocktail

Cranberry Sauce Bourbon Cocktail

4.48 from 34 votes
A delicious cocktail perfect for using up leftover homemade cranberry sauce!
Prep Time: 2 minutes
Cook Time: 0 minutes
Total Time: 2 minutes

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons homemade or store-bought cranberry sauce
  • 1 to 2 shots bourbon
  • Ginger beer or club soda*
  • 1 lemon wedge
  • 1-2 tsp pure maple syrup to taste, optional

Instructions

  • Add the cranberry sauce to the bottom of a glass along with the bourbon.
    homemade cranberry sauce and bourbon in a glass ready to be made into a cocktail.
  • Add ice, then fill the remainder of the glass with ginger beer (or club soda)
    Ginger beer being poured into a glass with cranberry and bourbon.
  • Squeeze a lemon wedge into the drink and stir well.
  • Bottoms up!

Notes

*You can also use soda water or apple cider.
For a sweeter cocktail, add 1 to 3 teaspoons of pure maple syrup, or to your personal taste.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cocktail, Calories: 195kcal, Carbohydrates: 13g, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 11g
Course: Cocktails
Cuisine: American
Keyword: bourbon cocktail, cocktail recipe, cranberry sauce
Author: Julia
https://www.theroastedroot.net/cranberry-sauce-bourbon-cocktail/