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Cranberry Spritzers Recipe

Refreshing and slightly tart, this ruby-red beverage from our Test Kitchen is the perfect thirst-quencher for Christmas gatherings. Give it a special look in wine glasses with a lemon-twist garnish.—Taste of Home Test Kitchen, Greendale, Wisconsin

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Cranberry Spritzers Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 5 min.

Yield: 8 Servings

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Ingredients

4 cups cranberry juice, chilled
1 cup ruby red grapefruit juice, chilled
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup lemon juice
1 bottle (1 liter) club soda, chilled
GARNISH:
Lemon twists

Directions

In a pitcher, combine the cranberry juice, grapefruit juice, sugar and lemon juice; chill until serving. Just before serving, stir in club soda. Serve in wine glasses. Garnish as desired. Yield: 8 servings (2 quarts).

Nutritional Facts 1 cup equals 121 calories, trace fat (trace saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 21 mg sodium, 32 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Cranberry Spritzers in Country Woman Christmas Annual 2010, p42