Mix the cinnamon, nutmeg and sugar together in a saucer or small salad plate that is slightly larger than the rim of your martini glass. (I used the cap of my flour jar turned upside down to do this—it fit perfectly.)

Dip your impeccably clean fingertip in a bit of lemon juice and run it around the rim of the martini glass. (The object here is to make it wet on top of the rim so the rimming mixture will stick.)

Turn the glass upside down in the shallow bowl and move it around a bit so that the rimming mixture coats the tip of the rim.

Set the rimmed glass on the counter while you make the drink.

Combine the drink ingredients in a martini shaker. Add ice and shake for 5 to 10 seconds, but not long enough to melt the ice cubes.

Strain the mixture into your rimmed martini glass, add the blackberry garnish, and serve.

Alternatively, you can make this in a pitcher filled with ice, stir until the mixture is icy cold (but not long enough to melt the ice—you don’t want it to dilute the martini), and strain the mixture into your rimmed martini glass.

Drop a fresh or frozen blackberry into your martini as a garnish.

Yield: 1 delicious martini that tastes like blackberry pie!

Hannah’s Note: If you’re only making one Blackberry Pie Martini, you’ll have some rimming mixture left over. Put it in the cupboard and use it to sprinkle on hot buttered toast in the morning to make cinnamon toast.

BLACKBERRY PIE COOLER (NON-ALCOHOLIC BLACKBERRY PIE “MARTINI”)

The Rimming Mixture:

½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg (use the store-bought kind—it’s ground rather than grated)

¼ cup white (granulated) sugar

The Drink:

2 ounces white cranberry juice

2 ounces fresh lemon juice

2 ounces Torani Blackberry Syrup OR fresh blackberry puree

The Garnish:

1 fresh or frozen blackberry as a garnish