Whether you're drinking alone or with family and friends, Turn Up your Thanksgiving Feast with these cocktails.
Old Fashioned
Ingredients
2 teaspoons simple syrup
1 teaspoon water
2 dashes bitters
1 cup ice cubes
1 jigger (1.5 fluid ounce) bourbon whiskey
1 slice orange
1 maraschino cherry
Directions
Pour the simple syrup, water, and bitters into a whiskey glass. Stir to combine, then place the ice cubes in the glass. Pour bourbon over the ice and garnish with the orange slice and maraschino cherry.
Pumpkin Pie Martini
Ingredients:
1/2 ounce Vanilla Vodka
1 ounce Pumpkin Spice liqueur
1/2 ounce Kahlua
1/2 ounce Butterscotch Schnapps
1/2 ounce half-and-half
Crushed graham crackers
Cinnamon stick (garnish)
Directions:
Add all liquids in a shaker filled with ice. Shake and strain into large martini glass rimmed
with crushed graham crackers. Garnish with a cinnamon stick.
Mulled Cider
Ingredients:
2 quarts apple cider
2 cinnamon sticks
2 whole allspice berries
2 whole cloves
1 orange, thinly sliced
Directions:
Place all ingredients in a large saucepan and bring to a simmer. Divide among individual mugs and serve hot.
Spiced Wine
Ingredients:
1 (750-ml) bottle red wine, such as Cabernet Sauvignon
1/4 cup honey
2 cinnamon sticks
1 orange, zested and juiced
4 whole cloves
3 star anise
4 oranges, peeled, for garnish
Directions:
Combine the wine, honey, cinnamon sticks, zest, juice, cloves and star anise in a
large saucepan, bring to a boil and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes. Pour into mugs,
add an orange peel to each and serve.
Spiked Coco
Ingredients:
2 tbsp. chocolate syrup, plus more for drizzling
4 oz. Baileys
4 oz. chocolate liqueur
4 oz. vodka
Ice
shaved chocolate (optional)
Directions:
Pour chocolate syrup onto a shallow plate. Dip rim of martini glasses into
chocolate syrup to coat rims. Drizzle the inside of each glass with chocolate
syrup. Combine Baileys, chocolate liqueur, and vodka in a large cocktail shaker. Fill
with ice and shake until thoroughly chilled, about 20 seconds. Divide evenly
between glasses. Top with shaved chocolate and serve.
Ginger Rosemary Cocktail
Ingredients
Syrup:
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
⅓ cup packed fresh rosemary leaves
⅓ cup coarsely chopped fresh ginger
¼ teaspoon black pepper
Cocktails:
1 cup gin
1 cup rosemary-ginger simple syrup
1 cup sparkling water
½ cup fresh lime juice
Directions:
Bring all syrup ingredients to a boil in a small saucepan over medium heat. Boil, stirring until sugar has dissolve, about 1 minute. Remove from heat. Let stand, covered, 1 hour at room temperature.
Strain through a fine-mesh sieve, pushing down on solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Combine gin, 1 cup of the rosemary-ginger simple syrup, sparkling water, and lime juice in a cocktail shaker. Add ice cubes and shake until well-chilled. Strain 3/4 cup each into 8 glasses and serve.
Credits: Allrecipes, Food Network.
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