APPLE SMASH

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If fall had a signature cocktail this might be it. Slice some apples, muddle. Add rum, lemon juice, simple syrup, a dash of bitters, a sprinkle of cinnamon and shake. Serve it over crushed ice with an apple slice dusted with cinnamon. Buffalo check flannel shirt optional.

Provided by The New York Times

Yield 1 drink

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

2 large apple slices, like Honeycrisp
2 ounces white rum
1/2 ounce lemon juice
1/2 ounce simple syrup
1 dash bitters, like Fee Brothers Barrel-Aged
Cinnamon stick

Steps:

Mash an apple slice in the base of a glass with a muddler. Add ingredients other than the cinnamon; shake and strain into a highball glass filled with crushed ice. Garnish with a whole apple slice dusted with freshly grated cinnamon.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 410, UnsaturatedFat 0 grams, Carbohydrate 74 grams, Fat 1 gram, Fiber 12 grams, Protein 1 gram, SaturatedFat 0 grams, Sodium 14 milligrams, Sugar 57 grams