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Patriotic Margaritas

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PREP TIME 10 Min
TOTAL TIME 1 Hr 10 Min
SERVINGS 1

Simple Syrup

1: cup sugar

1: cup water

Red Cocktail

1/4: cup cranberry juice cocktail

2: tablespoons (1 oz) silver tequila (clear)

2: tablespoons (1 oz) orange-flavored liqueur

1: tablespoon simple syrup

1: tablespoon fresh lemon juice

: Ice

: Lemon wedge

: Colored sugar

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1 To make simple syrup, mix sugar and water in 1-quart saucepan. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and set aside to cool, about 1 hour. Pour syrup into glass jar, cover jar and refrigerate until needed. 1 1/4 cups (use 1 tablespoon per margarita).
2 To prepare cocktail, add cranberry juice, tequila, orange-flavored liqueur, simple syrup and lemon juice to cocktail shaker filled with ice. Cover and shake. Rub rim of martini glass with lemon wedge; dip in sugar. Strain cocktail into glass.

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Nutrition Information:

1 Serving (1 Cocktail)

Calories 230

(Calories from Fat 0),

Total Fat 0g

(Saturated Fat 0g,
Trans Fat 0g),

Cholesterol 0mg;
Sodium 0mg;
Total Carbohydrate 31g

(Dietary Fiber 0g,
Sugars 26g),

Protein 0g;

Percent Daily Value*:

Vitamin A 0 %;
Vitamin C 35 %;
Calcium 0 %;
Iron 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 Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 8/15/2011 3:42:24 PM REPORT ABUSE postalangel85 said:

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I tried the blue margaritas and they are awesome! Everybody loved them. They were a little on the sweet side so next time I will not add as much sugar.

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