Tasty Thursdays: Thanksgiving Cocktails

Happy Thanksgiving! Hope everyone enjoys their day with family & friends. (:

To add to some last minute Thanksgiving additions, here are a few cocktail recipes from Martha Stewart to top off the night! Each recipe yields 1 drink.

(top right) American in Paris:
Ingredients:

1 1/2 ounces bourbon
1/2 ounce creme de cassis
1/2 ounce dry vermouth
1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
Lemon slice

Directions:
Combine bourbon, creme de cassis, vermouth, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker. Add ice, and shake. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a lemon slice.

(top left) Cider Smash:
Ingredients:

2 ounces bourbon
1/2 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
4 ounces chilled sparkling apple cider
Thin red-apple slice

Directions:
Pour bourbon and lemon juice into a tall Champagne glass. Top with apple cider. Garnish with apple slice.

(bottom) Cranberry Old-Fashioned:
Ingredients:

8 fresh or frozen cranberries
2 teaspoons sugar
2 dashes of Angostura bitters
1 strip (2 inches) orange zest
2 ounces bourbon

Directions:
Muddle cranberries, sugar, bitters, and orange zest with water in a medium glass until sugar dissolves. Pour in bourbon. Add ice cubes.

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