Prep time: 10 minutes* | Makes 8
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* plus ~ 1 hour to make sugared cranberries
ingredients
Punch
3 Tbsp maple sugar
2 Tbsp kosher salt
1 1/2 cups silver tequila
2 cups cranberry juice (no sugar added)
3/4 cup Cointreau
1 cup fresh squeezed lime juice
3/4 cup fresh cranberries
1/4 - 1/2 cup pure Vermont maple syrup (to taste)
Orange zest (from 1 orange)
3-4 cups ice
Blood orange slices, cut in half for garnish
Sugared Cranberries
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2 cups fresh cranberries
1/2 cup pure Vermont maple syrup
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
Instructions
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Mix salt and maple sugar on a small plate and rim each glass.
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In a blender, combine tequila, cranberry juice, Cointreau, lime juice, fresh cranberries, and maple syrup.
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Add ice, and blend until slushy. Add orange zest, and blend until just combined.
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Pour into the rimmed glasses.
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Slice a blood orange round in half, and add one half to each drink.
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Sugared Cranberries
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In a bowl, mix 2 cups of fresh cranberries and a 1/2 cup of maple syrup. Let sit for 10 minutes. Strain, and add to a parchment-lined baking sheet. Sprinkle granulated sugar over cranberries and mix until coated. Let dry for at least 1 hour. Garnish cocktail with 3 sugared cranberries on a cocktail pick or toothpick.
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Recipes borrowed and adapted from Half Baked Harvest