My Cranberry Sangria Recipe is our go-to holiday cocktail. Use your favorite red wine and combine it with brandy, Cointreau, cranberry juice, apple juice, and fresh fruit. Your guests will be impressed!
If using flavored ice cubes, simply pour cranberry juice into ice cube trays and freeze. You'll also need to do this ahead of time.
If you prefer an extra sweet sangria, use some of the simple syrup from the making of the sugared cranberries.
Make the sangria several hours in advance to meld the flavors. I often make it the day before the event.
If you like boozy fruit, then soak it all day in the Sangria. If you don't really care about it, then wait until later to add it because it will become discolored. For the pictures here, I waited to add the fruit so it would pop on the photos.
This batch makes about six cocktails. Feel free to double or triple it for large groups.