Spiced Apple Mule

styled by TAYLOR BENNETT
photograph by KELLY MOORE CLARK

Looking for a drink you can cozy up with on an autumn night? This variation of a Moscow mule combines fresh ginger and apple cider for a perfect fall cocktail.  Original recipe on halfbakedharvest.com

What you need:
2 ounces vodka Juice from
1/2 of a lime
1/3 cup apple cider
1 tablespoon apple butter
1-2 tsp fresh grated ginger
Ginger beer, for topping
Pomegranate arils and cinnamon sticks, for serving

Fill a copper mug with crushed ice. Add ice, vodka, lime juice, apple cider, apple butter and ginger in a cocktail shaker and shake vigorously for one minute. Strain into mug. Top with ginger beer and garnish with cinnamon dusted apple slices, pomegranate arils and cinnamon sticks.