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Easy Cranberry Sangria Recipe – delicious cranberry and cinnamon sangria, perfect for Christmas celebrations!
This cranberry sangria is bursting with Christmas flavor – with tons of cinnamon, nutmeg, and ginger.
This drink is one of my favorite easy holiday traditions – I love how delicious the juice and spices smell when simmering, and how crisp and cooling the wine is to sip!
This sangria is perfect over ice for a cool Christmas sangria – or you can serve it warm, too!
This drink is perfect with a holiday treat – like our gingerbread truffles, easy buckeyes, or German chocolate cookies!
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We love wine-based drinks – they are easy to prepare, get better over time, and are great for parties and holiday celebrations.
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To Make This Sangria You’ll Need:
This sangria is pretty simple – you don’t need a ton of equipment or a fancy bar kit to make this cocktail.
- Small nonstick pot
- 4 Cinnamon Sticks
- 1 tsp Ground Nutmeg*
- 1 tsp Ground Ginger*
- 3 Star of Anise pods*
- Bottle of white wine
- 1 cup cranberry juice
- 1 cup apple juice
- 1 cup fresh cranberries
- You can use Mulling spices instead of the spices listed. Use 1-2 teaspoons of Aspen Mulling Spices, taste, and add more to fit your tastes.
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Sangria is one of our favorite things to make during the holidays – it is colorful, fun, festive – and so easy to make!
We love celebrating with some fun, vibrant cocktails – like our Boozy Negroni Gummy Bears, RumChata Hot Cocoa, or Easy Samoa Martinis – and hope these simple and delicious cocktails help you get in the mood to celebrate!
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Recipe FAQ’s
This sangria is designed to be made before a party or dinner – it tastes better if it sits for at least an hour before serving, so the flavor can fully develop.
You can make this sangria up to a day ahead of serving – simply store in a jar, or pitcher with a lid, in the refrigerator.
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Easy Cranberry Sangria Recipe
Ingredients
- ½ c. whole cranberries
- 1 cup apple juice
- 1 cup cranberry juice
- 4 cinnamon sticks
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 tsp ground nutmeg
- 4 star of anise pods
- 1 bottle white wine
- 1 c. Seltzer water
- 4 sticks cinnamon
Instructions
- Add cranberries and to tall pitcher.
- In a small pan, bring apple juice and cranberry juice just to a boil with cinnamon and spices.
- Remove from heat immediately and let cool in pan before pouring into pitcher, about 10 minutes.
- Pour wine and cooled cranberry juice and apple juice over the fruit.
- Stir to combine.
- Cover pitcher and refrigerate until chilled, about 1-2 hours.
- Serve over ice and top with seltzer.
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Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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