Applebee's Perfect Apple

MARGARITA

Here’s a great twist on the traditional margarita. Sour apple
schnapps and apple juice join forces with tequila and sweet
and sour mix in a martini glass that’s rimmed with
cinnamon sugar Hey, it’s like drinking apple pie! This
recipe makes one drink, but it’s easy to double up. That’s a
good thing, since it seems like one is never enough.

• 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
• ¼ teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 1 ounce Sauza Hornitos tequila
• 1 ounce DeKuyper Sour Apple
• Pucker schnapps
• 2 ounces sweet-and-sour mix
• 2 ounces cold apple juice
• GARNISH
• olive
• lime wedge

1. Mix sugar and cinnamon together in a small
bowl, then pour the mixture onto a saucer or small
plate. Moisten a napkin or clean towel with water. Run
the wet napkin around the rim of the martini glass.
Invert the glass and dip the moistened rim into the
cinnamon/sugar. Set the glass aside for now.

2. Drop a handful of ice into a cocktail shaker.

3. Add the tequila, schnapps, sweet-and-sour,
and apple juice. Shake vigorously

4. Strain drink into the prepared martini glass,
spear an olive and small lime wedge on a toothpick
and drop it in the drink, and serve it up along with the
shaker if there’s any left over.

• SERVES 1.