Cranberry Sangria

When I signed up for the 12 Weeks of Christmas Treats I challenged myself to make something for all 12 weeks. I made a tentative list of what I wanted to make and share.

I was a bit over-confident in the sense that I assumed what I chose would actually turn out. My intended choice for this week was a cinnamon sugar cookie bar. I found the recipe on Pinterest and I had all of the ingredients, so I made it over the weekend. Except, it wasn't anything like the image.

The image was of a thin sugar cookie crust with a tall pillow-y marshmallow looking frosting on top. What I ended up with was a 3 inch tall cookie...cake for a lack of better terms with a thin non-pillow-y crust. What's worse, it was gross. You should never be able to go wrong with a cream cheese frosting, but alas, you can. I should have taken a picture and submitted to that site where you share the failed Pinterest recipes but I opted to just toss it.

So here it was, Sunday late afternoon and I had absolutely nothing to share with you for this week. I don't have a lot of time after I get home from work and after the fail, I was kind of hesitant to try out a recipe I hadn't made before. Again...

Monday, on the way home from work, inspiration hit. Some of the recipes I had planned to make were drinks. I had more than enough wine, so why not easily whip up a recipe for sangria? And so this week's submission was saved.