Gingerbread Old Fashioned
2 ounces bourbon
½ ounce ginger syrup (recipe below)
1 teaspoon molasses
3 dashes gingerbread bitters or 1 dash ginger bitters
Garnish: gingerbread cookie and orange peel
In a mixing glass filled with ice, combine ingredients and stir for 30 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass with ice cubes. Garnish with a gingerbread cookie or orange twist.
Yield:1 cocktail
Gingerbread Espresso Martini
Honey
Crushed gingersnaps
2 ounces vodka
2 ounces Irish cream liqueur, such as Baileys
1 ounce coffee liqueur, such as Kahlua
1 ounce gingerbread syrup (recipe below)
2 ounces espresso coffee, chilled
Pour a small amount of honey is a small dish and dip martini glass in honey. Place crushed gingersnaps in a second saucer and dip glass in the crumbs; set aside. In a cocktail shaker with ice, add vodka, Irish Cream, coffee liqueur, gingerbread syrup, and cooled espresso coffee. Shake vigorously for 10 seconds. Pour into martini glasses and serve.
Gingerbread cookies for garnish (optional)
Gingerbread White Russian
2 ounces vodka
1 ½ ounce Kahlua
2 ounces gingerbread syrup (recipe below)
2 ounces heavy cream
Peppermint or cookies for garnish
Fill a glass with ice. Add vodka, Kahlua, and gingerbread syrup to a cocktail shaker and shake well to combine. Pour mixture into a glass and add cream and stir. Garnish with peppermint sticks or gingerbread cookies if desired.
Yield: 1 serving
Gingerbread Syrup
1 1/3 cup water
¼ cup honey
3 tablespoons molasses
1 teaspoon minced ginger
2 cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
In a medium saucepan, add water, honey, molasses, ginger, and cinnamon. Stir to combine. Bring to a boil over high heat and continue to boil for 3 to 5 minute. Remove from heat and let cool. Transfer to a covered jar until ready to use.
Gingerbread Apple Cocktail
2 ounces Domaine de Canton Cognac
1 ounce vanilla vodka
2 ½ ounce apple cider
Dash lemon juice
1 tablespoon honey
Apple slices for garnish
Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour cognac, vodka, apple cider, lemon juice, and honey over ice and shake well. Pour into a chilled glass with ice and garnish with apple slice.
Yield: 1 serving