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Sparkling Ginger Hard Apple Cider

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  • Prep 15 min
  • Total 15 min
  • Servings 12
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Red Hot Holiday Trends - This fruity, sparkly, bubbly, big-batch cocktail gets its signature kick from hard cider, bourbon and ginger liqueur. It’s a modern take on punch that’s perfect for entertaining.
Updated Dec 7, 2012
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Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup bourbon or brandy
  • 3/4 cup ginger-flavored liqueur
  • 1/4 cup clear orange-flavored liqueur
  • 1/2 cup pure maple syrup
  • Several dashes aromatic bitters
  • 4 bottles (12 oz each) hard apple cider, chilled
  • Ice chunks or ice cubes, if desired
  • Red apple slices

Steps

  • 1
    In pitcher or punch bowl, mix bourbon, liqueurs, maple syrup and bitters. Slowly add hard cider.
  • 2
    Carefully add ice. Garnish with apple slices.

Tips from the Betty Crocker Kitchens

  • tip 1
    Ginger-flavored liqueur is a sweetened spirit flavored with ginger. It can be found at specialty liquor stores.
  • tip 2
    Bourbon is an American corn-based whiskey while brandy is a liquor distilled from wine or other fermented fruit juice. Either works great in this recipe, so use your favorite!
  • tip 3
    Regular ice cubes are great for individual drinks but melt so quickly that they tend to water down large punch-sized drinks. Avoid watered-down punch by using large chunks of ice or, nesting the punch bowl or pitcher in a larger bowl of ice.
  • tip 4
    Cider is just pressed from fruit, most often apples. The fresh juice is called sweet cider; fermented juice is called hard cider. For this recipe, we used hard cider found in most liquor stores.

Nutrition

150 Calories, 0g Total Fat, 0g Protein, 18g Total Carbohydrate, 12g Sugars

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Serving
Calories
150
Calories from Fat
0
Total Fat
0g
0%
Saturated Fat
0g
0%
Trans Fat
0g
Cholesterol
0mg
0%
Sodium
5mg
0%
Potassium
60mg
2%
Total Carbohydrate
18g
6%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Sugars
12g
Protein
0g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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