Best Kickin Cranberry Cosmo Recipes

Kickin' Cranberry Cosmo image

Provided by Cooking Channel

Time 5m

Yield 1 serving

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ice, as needed
5 ounces diet cranberry juice drink
1 1/2 ounces vodka
1 teaspoon lime juice
Diet lemon-lime soda, optional
Lime slice, for serving, optional

Steps:

In a shaker filled with ice, combine cranberry juice drink, vodka, and lime juice. Shake it up and then strain into a large martini glass. Top with a splash lemon-lime soda and garnish with lime, if using. Enjoy!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 100, SaturatedFat 32 grams, Sodium 32 milligrams, Carbohydrate 2 grams, Sugar 1 grams

Hg's Kickin' Cranberry Sauce - Ww Points = 1 image

Provided by senseicheryl

Categories Oranges

Time 5h10m

Yield 12 bowls, 12 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 (12 ounce) bag cranberries
2/3 cup Splenda granular
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 3/4 cups water
1 (1/4 ounce) envelope unflavored gelatin
1/4 cup water, cold
1/8 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup apple, peeled and finely chopped
1 (11 ounce) can mandarin orange segments, in their own juice
1/4 cup almonds, recipe says Almond Accents in Original Oven Roasted

Steps:

In a medium pot, combine cranberries, Splenda, and sugar with 1 3/4 cups water. Set stove to medium heat, cover pot, and bring to a boil.
Once boiling, reduce to a simmer and continue to cook for 10 minutes, uncovering to stir occasionally. Meanwhile, in a small dish, combine gelatin with 1/4 cup cold water, stir well and set aside.
Turn off heat and stir in gelatin mixture, stirring until dissolved and thoroughly combined. Stir in cinnamon and apples and mix well. Transfer mixture to a bowl, and refrigerate for at least 5 hours (overnight is best).
Once chilled and set, remove mixture from the fridge and give it a good stir. Drain juice from the can of orange segments. Roughly chop orange segments and drain any excess liquid from them. Slightly crush almonds so that they break into smaller pieces. Add chopped orange segments and almond pieces to the cranberry sauce, and mix thoroughly. Serve with lean turkey, pork, or chicken, or anything else you like cranberries with!

Cranberry Cosmo Punch image

Provided by Giada De Laurentiis

Categories beverage

Time 3h50m

Yield about 15 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

6 cups unsweetened cranberry juice
3 cups light brown sugar
10 cloves
6 pods star anise
3 cinnamon sticks
9 cups vodka
1 1/4 cups triple sec
Orange twist, for garnish, optional

Steps:

For the mulled cranberry juice: Combine the cranberry juice, brown sugar, cloves, star anise and cinnamon in a medium saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, then reduce to medium-low and simmer for 30 minutes. Let cool to room temperature before placing in the refrigerator to cool completely. Strain just before using.
For the punch: Combine the vodka, triple sec and 4 1/2 cups of the mulled cranberry juice in a large punch bowl over ice or a juice ice mold (see Cook's Note). Stir to combine. Garnish with the orange twist if using.

Fresh Cranberry Cosmo image

Provided by Alton Brown

Time 6h

Yield 1 cocktail

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 ounce vodka
2 1/2 ounces Cranberry Granita, recipe follows
1/2 ounce freshly squeezed lime juice
2 cups water
5 1/2 ounces cranberries, approximately 1 1/2 cups, washed and sorted
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon lime zest

Steps:

Place all of the ingredients into a cocktail shaker and shake until the granita melts completely. Pour into a martini glass and serve immediately.
Place the water, cranberries and sugar into a small saucepan, set over medium-high heat and simmer until the berries begin to pop, approximately 7 minutes. Remove from the heat. Puree with a stick blender, blender or food processor, for 1 minute. Pass the mixture through a fine mesh strainer directly into a metal 13 by 9-inch pan. Do not press on the skins. Simply allow the juice to drip through the strainer. Add the zest and stir to combine. Place in the freezer until set, at least 6 hours and up to overnight. Once frozen, scrape the mixture with a fork to create a shaved ice texture. Serve immediately.