Holiday mule

Ingredients

• 1/2 oz simple syrup
• 1/2 oz unsweetened cranberry juice
• 1 1/2 oz gin or vodka
• 2 oz chilled ginger beer
• 1 rosemary sprig
• orange slice, for garnish
• sugared cranberries, for garnish

Instructions

Combine simple syrup, cranberry juice, and gin. Pour over ice and top with ginger beer. Serve garnished with rosemary, orange wedge and sugared cranberries, if desired.

Frozen Cranberry-Orange Mimosa

Ingredients

• 1 bottle Prosecco sparkling wine, well chilled
• 1 cup cranberry juice
• 1 cup orange juice

Instructions

1. Pour cranberry juice into ice cube trays. Freeze.
2. Pour orange juice into ice cube trays. Freeze.
3. When ready to serve, place juice ice cubes in a blender and pulse until slushie consistency. You can blend both juices together or separately. For a layered look in a glass, I blended them separately.
4. Spoon the juice slush into serving glasses.
5. Top with prosecco, filling the glass to the top.