Description
This apple cider margarita is so flavorful with homemade spiced apple cider and a salted cinnamon sugar rim! It’s the perfect tequila fall cocktail.
Ingredients
Spiced Apple Cider (makes 3 cocktails)
- 2 cups apple cider
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 2″ orange peel
- 1/2” ginger nub, peeled and sliced
- Tiny pinch of allspice
Apple Cider Margarita (1 cocktail)
- 2 oz reposado tequila
- 1/2 oz orange liqueur
- 1/2 oz fresh lemon juice
- 2 oz spiced apple cider
- 1/2 oz pure maple syrup
Salted Cinnamon Sugar Rim (optional)
- 1 tbsp raw sugar
- 1 tsp flaky sea salt
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
Spiced Apple Cider
- Add all of the ingredients to a saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat.
- Once bubbling, cover and turn the heat down to low. Leave the cider for 15 minutes.
- Then turn off the heat. Remove the cinnamon, orange peel, and ginger and pour into a heat-safe container. Chill before making a cocktail.
Apple Cider Margarita
- Run an already-squeezed lemon half around the rim of a cocktail glass (one that was used to make the lemon juice).
- Dip the rim in the salted cinnamon sugar mixture.
- Now add all of the cocktail ingredients to a shaker with ice. Shake for about 20 seconds and then strain into the rimmed cocktail glass filled with ice.
- Garnish with an apple slice and enjoy!
- Prep Time: 1 hour
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Drinks
- Method: Shaken
- Cuisine: Tex-Mex
