Homemade Cranberry Cocktail Syrup

Homemade cranberry syrup made of fresh cranberries, sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice is the merriest of gifts for cocktail lovers. 

I am gifting the gift of booziness this year. My homemade cranberry cocktail syrup is the ultimate gift for the cocktail shakers in your life.

Homemade cranberry cocktail syrup is not only soooo easy to make. You can literally make todas las cocktails with it.

From margaritas to martinis to mimosas my homemade cranberry cocktail syrup has got ya covered.

I shared how to make homemade hibiscus cinnamon cocktail syrup, then how to infuse vodka.

Today I’m excited to share a recipe for homemade cocktail syrup.

Poured into canning jars they make the prettiest of gifts. 

INGREDIENTS NEEDED TO MAKE HOMEMADE COCKTAIL SYRUP

water

sugar

fresh cranberries

cinnamon sticks

fresh lemon juice

canning jars

HOW TO MAKE HOMEMADE COCKTAIL SYRUP

Combine water and sugar in large saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves.

Add cranberries, cinnamon stick; bring to boil.  Reduce heat and with the back of spoon mash cranberries. Remove from heat, allow to cool. Once cooled, strain mixture, using back of spoon to extract as much liquid as possible. Stir in lemon juice, pour into glass bottle of choice.

Chill until cold, can be made up to one week in advance. Will keep in the fridge for up to one month.

Use to make cranberry cocktails.

Now that we have made our cocktail syrup here is a few cocktail ideas to get you started, Salud!

COCKTAIL IDEAS FOR HOMEMADE COCKTAIL SYRUP       

CRANBERRY MARGARITA

Makes 2

1/2 cup homemade cranberry syrup

¼ cup tequila

1 tablespoon Cointreau

Ice

Lime wedges

Salt for rim

Run a lime wedge around the rim of a glass, dip into salt and fill with ice. To a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add tequila, lime juice, Cointreau and cranberry syrup.

Shake well and pour over glass filled with ice.

CRANBERRY MARTINI

Makes 2

8 ounces vodka

1 ounce cranberry syrup

1 teaspoon vermouth

In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, shake vodka, cranberry syrup, and vermouth until chilled, about 20 seconds. Strain into chilled glasses, and garnish with fresh cranberries.

CRANBERRY MIMOSAS

Homemade cranberry syrup

Champagne or Prosecco

Pour syrup on bottle of champagne glass, top with chilled bubbles.

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Homemade Cranberry Cocktail Syrup

Homemade cranberry syrup made of fresh cranberries, sugar, cinnamon, and lemon juice is the merriest of gifts for cocktail lovers.

Author: Vianney Rodriguez

Ingredients

• 12 cups water
• 2 cups sugar
• 12 ounce bag of cranberries
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 2 cups fresh lemon juice

Instructions

1. Combine water and sugar in large saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves.
2. Add cranberries, cinnamon stick; bring to boil. Reduce heat and with the back of spoon mash cranberries
3. Remove from heat, allow to cool.
4. Once cooled, strain mixture, using back of spoon to extract as much liquid as possible.
5. Stir in lemon juice, pour into glass bottle of choice.
6. Chill until cold, can be made up to one week in advance.
7. Will keep in the fridge for up to one month.
8. Use to make cranberry cocktails.