Apple Cider Cocktail

Name: Apple Cider Cocktail
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1 cocktail
Ingredients: 1 fresh rosemary sprig; 1 brown sugar cube or 1 teaspoon turbinado (washed raw) sugar; 1 teaspoon bitters; 2 ounces apple cider; 1-1/2 ounces bourbon; 1/2 ounce lemon juice; Apple garnish, optional

Total Time Prep: 10 mins. Cook: 0 mins.

Yield 1 cocktail

Test Kitchen Approved

This apple cider cocktail is perfect for enjoying around a bonfire or while curled up with a good book and a flannel blanket.

Ingredients

1 fresh rosemary sprig
1 brown sugar cube or 1 teaspoon turbinado (washed raw) sugar
1 teaspoon bitters
2 ounces apple cider
1-1/2 ounces bourbon
1/2 ounce lemon juice
Apple garnish, optional

Directions

In a cocktail shaker, muddle rosemary, sugar and bitters until herbs are fragrant and sugar starts to dissolve. Add apple cider, bourbon and lemon juice and stir until sugar is dissolved. Add ice and stir 30 seconds or until thoroughly chilled.
Fill a rocks glass with ice. Place strainer over cocktail shaker and strain cocktail over ice. Garnish with apple, if desired.

Nutrition Facts

1 cocktail: 171 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 7mg sodium, 17g carbohydrate (11g sugars, 0 fiber), 0 protein.

Pair fresh apple cider with bourbon and you’ve got a quintessential fall sipper! This bourbon apple cider cocktail is perfect for enjoying around a bonfire or curled up with a good book. It features sweet apple cider, bright lemon juice and warming bourbon. I like to muddle fresh rosemary with the sugar and bitters to balance the sweetness. —Lauren Grant, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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