This holiday season, offer your guests a festive cocktail made with your own homemade cranberry liqueur.  Simply pour 1oz of this delicious liqueur into a glass, add ice and top it off with brut champagne, cava, or sparkling water.

Cranberries are sometimes difficult to find in bulk & are often packaged in plastic bags. However, you can find whole cranberry sauce in aluminum cans. This homemade cranberry liqueur recipe is eco-friendly & plastic-free and uses canned cranberries.  If you’re able to find fresh cranberries in bulk you can create your own whole cranberry sauce from scratch instead of using canned cranberries.

Get creative with your cranberry cocktails!  Try adding rosemary-infused simple syrup to sweeten things up.  You could also make cranberry liqueur old fashioneds or martinis.  You can bottle your homemade cranberry liqueur as a holiday gift for friends & family.

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Ingredients
1 1/4 cups of water
28 oz whole berry cranberry sauce (2 cans)
1/2 tsp orange zest
1 bottle of Vodka (750 fluid oz)

Instructions
1) heat water in a pot
2) remove the pot from heat
3) add cranberry sauce and zest to the pot, stir and let cool to room temperature
4) pour into a large mason jar
5) add Vodka to the jar, stir and screw the lid on tightly
6) place in the refrigerator for 3-5 days, shake the jar occasionally
7) strain the mixture with a fine sieve or muslin bag
8) pour into containers and refrigerate until opening