Garden Cherry Bourbon Smash | Recipe from Half Baked Harvest

Half Baked Harvest

Name: Garden Cherry Bourbon Smash
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: Fresh Organic Sweet Cherries; McCormick® Basil Leaves; McCormick Gourmet™ Organic Thyme Leaves; Signature Farms Lemon Juice; Maker's Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky; Cointreau L’Unique; SIGNATURE SELECTS Vinegar, White Wine; Fever-Tree Premium Ginger Beer; O Organics Cane Sugar, Granulated, Organic; Christopher Ranch Organic Chopped Ginger

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Garden Cherry Bourbon Smash

Serves 130 mins prep40 mins cook

A summer garden-inspired cocktail. Super simple, but oh so pretty...the perfect cocktail to really kick off summer!

2 servings

What you need

12 pc sweet cherries

8 pc basil leaves

6 tsp thyme leaves

2 pc lemon juice

3 oz bourbon

1 oz orange liqueur

4 tsp white wine vinegar

2 pc ginger beer

4 tbsp granulated sugar

4 tsp fresh ginger

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1 1. To make the ginger sugar. Combine the sugar, ginger, and thyme on a shallow plate. Rim your glasses in sugar, then fill with ice.2. In a cocktail shaker or glass jar, muddle the cherries, basil, thyme, and lemon juice, squashing everything to release the juices. Add the bourbon, Cointreau, and vinegar. Fill with ice and shake until combined.2. Strain into prepared glasses. Top off with ginger beer, then gently stir to combine. Finish with basil and a cherry on top. Enjoy.

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