Bourbon Cherry Old Fashioned

Submitted by Ambervim

"I found this in Bon Appetit and will be making it tonight!"

 

• Ready In: 3mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 1

ingredients

• 4 cherries (from Muddled Cherry Syrup -Muddled Cherry Syrup)
• 2 inches strip orange peel (pith removed)
• 1⁄4 cup Bourbon
• 1 tablespoon muddled cherry syrup (Muddled Cherry Syrup)
• 1 dash orange bitters
• orange twist

directions

1. Using a muddler or the handle of a wooden spoon, smash cherries and orange peel in a cocktail shaker until cherries are well mashed.
2. Add bourbon, cherry syrup, and orange bitters. Fill with ice and shake vigorously 10 times. Strain into a Martini glass. Garnish with a cherry from the syrup and an orange twist.