Enlivening Holiday Spirits! (Recipe: Big Mill’s Festive Cranberry Liqueur)

by Sandie on November 18, 2009

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1 Bellini Valli November 18, 2009 at 7:38 am

I love the touch of orange here as well!!!

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2 Mental P Mama November 18, 2009 at 10:59 am

That looks wonderful. And I love those glasses!

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3 Susan November 18, 2009 at 12:40 pm

I am going to try the recipe! I love anything cranberry and the recipe sounds delicious. Beautiful photos of it as well!

~Susan

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4 Sandie November 18, 2009 at 1:10 pm

Val – I agree. The hint of orange would really ignite the flavor of this liqueur.

Mental P Mama – Aren’t those glasses gorgeous. I wonder if they are heirlooms, or if Chloe will tell us where she got them?

Susan – Yay! I’m thrilled to hear you’ll be trying this recipe. Now I’ll have someone to compare notes with!

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5 Debbie Renee Bledsoe November 18, 2009 at 1:36 pm

I cannot wait to make this! I want to run out to the store and buy the ingredients right now!

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6 Denise November 18, 2009 at 2:28 pm

Makes me want to get my party dress on. What beautiful glasses! That beverage says, “bring on the holidays”.

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7 mike November 18, 2009 at 4:11 pm

while i agree that the photog should always get credit for their work, the font for the picture credit, and how much space there is between the photo and the credit… really makes the piece lag cuz instead of the attention being on the post.. the attention gravitates towards “remember, chloe took this picture, ok keep reading now”…

sorry.

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8 Sandie November 18, 2009 at 4:43 pm

Debbie – Glad to have you on board!

Denise – If this wouldn’t help put someone in a holiday mood, I don’t know what would.

Mike – Thanks for your constructive criticism. I can see how the font & space between photos could detract your attention from the post itself. Do you have a better suggestion for making sure the photog gets credit? From past experience, if I put “guest post & photos by” at the top of the post, no ends up seeing or remembering, so I figured it was best to put the credit up front with each photo where it cannot (& should not) be forgotten. That said, I’m certainly open to better suggestions. Again, thanks for your comment.

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9 Mental P Mama November 18, 2009 at 5:26 pm

Um, yeah, no. Still loving those flutes. Not worried about any distraction with Chloe’s credit ;)

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10 the Bag Lady November 18, 2009 at 6:23 pm

I am SO going to make this! Thanks for posting the recipe. I am also going to try it with added pomegranate arils…… can’t hurt to try, now can it? :)

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11 El November 18, 2009 at 10:24 pm

What a clever idea. I wonder if you could do something similar to make a cranberry extract. Beautiful photo!

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12 Rodney November 18, 2009 at 10:37 pm

My brain is combining your last 2 posts and I’m thinking Drunken Scones! Maybe a shortcake appetizer version with fresh whipped cream and the liquer drizzled over the top. Could be either a disaster or brilliant, but only one way to find out.

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13 maris November 18, 2009 at 11:11 pm

I wish I could come over and drink some of this with you – in moderation, of course ;)

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14 Chloe November 20, 2009 at 12:52 am

Thanks, you all, for the praise…I love it! Well, an old flame gave me those antiques glasses in 1982…he bought them in a small antique shop in Viginia Highlands in Atlanta. Paid $125 for 4 almost 30 years ago…that seems a bit steep, but it was Christmas Eve. Chloe

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15 Cate O'Malley November 20, 2009 at 1:34 pm

Printing out to make this weekend. Love all the gorgeous festive pictures!

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16 Sophie November 22, 2009 at 7:10 am

MMMMM,…I so love everything cranberries! I am making this this afternoon! I made a home made limoncello before & now , I will be trying this festive liqueur!

Thanks a lot! Looks very festive!

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17 bruschetta recipes December 12, 2009 at 4:46 am

those glasses look so beautiful, especially with that red cranberry liqueur.

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18 Cindy (FarmgirlCyn) December 19, 2009 at 2:22 pm

I put this together 3 weeks ago and just today strained out the berries. It is SO good! We are serving it tonight as an “after appetizer” drink. So beautiful, too! I bought some old glass decanters from Goodwill, scrubbed them up real good, and they are ready for gifting!

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19 Micky December 27, 2009 at 6:16 pm

I tried this as well and it came out very well am very satisfied with it and it does taste very good. I had doubled the reciepe and worked great. Have tried many of the items you have posted and really enjoy them all.. Thank You Sandie for this blog and the entertaining items you display here.. Thanks very much to our mutual friend as well for inviting me to your blog,,, Keep up the fantastic work Sandie and stay warm there in Kansas (my birth state) but now live in warm Florida.. Thanks again,,,,,

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20 Sandie December 28, 2009 at 12:30 pm

Mental P, the Bag Lady, El, Rodney, Maris, Cate, Sophie, Bruschetta Recipes – I want to thank you all for your kind and wonderful comments regarding this liqueur and Chloe’s gorgeous glasses (Chloe, thanks for letting us know how they came into your life).

I’ve received so many friendly & wonderful emails from blog readers who have made this recipe and loved it—so to them and you, Cindy & Micky, thank you for trying this recipe and providing me with such fantastic feedback. I appreciate hearing from all of you! Cheers to 2010!

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