FESTIVE CRANBERRY CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL

• 3 tbs sugar

• 3 oz lime juice

• ice

• 8 oz vodka

• cranberry juice

• champagne

• fresh cranberries

1. In a cocktail shaker combine sugar, lime juice, ice and vodka. Shake vigorously.

2. Pour 1/4 of mixture into each glass.

3. Add a splash of cranberry juice and top with champagne.

4. Drop three cranberries into each glass and serve.

Makes 4 cocktails 

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SUGARED ROSEMARY 

This is a simple and festive way to top your cocktail. And pretty much anything else you're serving around the holidays. It's gorgeous on a white frosted cake and garnished around a great cheese tray. Here's how you do it! 

• 12 fresh rosemary sprigs

• 1 cup water

• 1 1/2 cups of SUPERfine sugar

1. Pour 1 cup sugar and 1 cup water into a small pot and heat on medium high. Stir until suagr is dissolved and remove from heat and let cool.

2. Dip rosemary springs in cooled sugar water and shake off excess. Then generously sprinkle with superfine sugar.

3. Let dry on parchment lined baking sheet with a drying rack for one hour.

4. Then tread on fresh cranberry(s) and garnish glass or where ever you need a little holiday touch.

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