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Holiday Cocktails Part 5

Apple Cider Cocktail

Ingredients

• 1/4 gallon apple cider
• 1/2 cup dark rum
• 1/2 cup cinnamon schnapps
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Directions

Mix together the cider, rum, and schnapps in a large pitcher.  Pour the spiked cider into glasses filled with ice.

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Holiday Cocktails part 4

Cranberry Martini 

The Traditional Martini gets festive with cranberries...

Ingredients:

• Ice cubes
• 1 cup vodka
• 1/4 cup dry vermouth
• 1/2 cup cranberry juice
• 8 cranberries, frozen
• 4 lemon zest twists (optional)

Directions:

Put 4 martini glasses in the freezer to chill for at least 30 minutes.

Fill a cocktail shaker half full with ice. Pour in the vodka, vermouth and cranberry juice. Cover with the lid and shake vigorously for about 10 seconds. 

Strain into the chilled glasses, dividing evenly. 

Garnish each glass with 2 frozen cranberries and a lemon twist. Serve immediately. 

Serves 4.

Holiday Cocktails Part 3

If your not into the rich milky cocktails such as eggnog, hot coco this punch is light and refreshing.

Citrus Champagne Punch

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup fresh lemon juice
• 2/3 cup sugar
• 1 cup vodka
• 1/2 cup limoncello
• 2 teaspoons vermouth
• 1 (750 ml) bottle chilled dry Champagne or sparkling wine
• Ice
• Lemon twists, for garnish

Directions

Combine the lemon juice, sugar, vodka, Limoncello, and vermouth in a large nonreactive bowl and stir until the sugar is completely dissolved. Cover and refrigerate until chilled, 1 to 2 hours. Add the Champagne and stir to combine.

Serve over ice in highball glasses, garnished with lemon twists.

Holiday Cocktails Part 2

Hot cocoa is another holiday favorite here are two amazingly rich recipes 

Polar Express Hot Chocolate

Ingredients

• 6 cups milk
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 1/2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips (use a quality chocolate like Ghirardelli)
• 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt

Instructions

1. In a large pot combine all of the ingredients over low heat. Keep mixture over low heat for 30-40 minutes whisking occasionally until chocolate is fully melted and incorporated with the other ingredients. You can add milk here to adjust to your chocolate preference. Give it a good whisking before serving to get it nice and frothy. If you have an immersion blender, that works great here
2. Serve immediately or pour into a crockpot and keep warm until ready to serve.

White Hot Chocolate

Ingredients
1 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup heavy cream
1 cup half and half
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine white choco chips and heavy cream. Stir continuously until chips have completelty melted. Stir in half and half, add vanilla and stir occasionally until heated through.


Garnish Hot Cocoa with whipped cream hearts. 

Simply freeze whipped cream on a cookie sheet, use cookie cutter to cut out hearts (obviously you can use a tree, star etc.) and serve with hot cocoa. 

Spike your hot cocoa with:

Kahlua
Rum
Peppermint Liquer
Bailey's Irish Cream
Amaretto

Holiday Cocktails Part 1

Last week I shared my Coquito recipe with you guys so in the spirit of holiday cocktails I'm back today with another one of my favorites - Eggnog! This I do not make from scratch but I do have three specific brands that I love: 

golden is my favorite but I would love to try caramel

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I personally like my eggnog spiked, you can use any of the following

• Hennessy 
• Amaretto
• Light Rum
• Whiskey
• Bourbon
• Whipped Cream vodka
• Vanilla vodka

I also found a recipe for an eggnog martini on Pinterest it sounds tasty I'll definitely be trying it

Ingredients:

2 1-2 oz Eggnog

1 oz  Vanilla Vodka

¾ oz Amaretto

Directions:

Combine ingredients in shaker and shake over ice. Strain into chilled martini glass. Dust with freshly grated nutmeg or cinnamon.

ENJOY!