Thanksgiving Margarita

Ingredients

• ½ tsp coarse salt
• ½ tsp coarse sugar
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• 2 oz apple cider
• 2 oz tequila
• 1 oz pumpkin spice sauce or syrup (recipe below or store-bought)
• Ice
• Rosemary sprigs, for garnish (optional)

Pumpkin Spice Sauce

• 1 cup water
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• ½ cup pumpkin puree
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 ½ tsp pumpkin pie spice*

Instructions

• Put salt, sugar, and cinnamon on a small plate.
• Lightly brush rim of glass with syrup or water and place glass upside down on plate. Rotate glass to coat rim in mixture.
• Add apple cider, tequila, and pumpkin spice syrup to a shaker filled with ice. Shake well to combine.
• Add ice into prepared glass and strain mixture from shaker into glass.
• Garnish cocktail with a rosemary sprig and additional ground cinnamon, if desired.

Pumpkin Spice Sauce

• Put all ingredients in a medium saucepan, stir, and bring to a boil.
• Once boiling, lower heat and let simmer for about 10 minutes, until sugar is completely dissolved and mixture has thickened.
• Pour syrup in a heat-proof bowl or mason jar and place in fridge to cool completely before using.

Notes

* If you don’t have pumpkin pie spice, you can use 1 tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp ground ginger, ¼ tsp ground cloves, and ⅛ tsp ground nutmeg instead.

• You should be able to make about 12 drinks with the above pumpkin spice sauce recipe. You can easily half it if you prefer.
• If you prefer a thinner syrup over a sauce, you can omit the pumpkin puree from the recipe and add an additional ½ tsp of pumpkin pie spice.