Everyone’s favorite Christmas cookie gets a grown-up twist in this must-make holiday cocktail.
Gingerbread Cookie Cocktail
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 1 hr 10 min
- Servings 1
- Ingredients 12
Ingredients
Gingerbread Simple Syrup
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons mild-flavor molasses
- 1-inch piece fresh gingerroot, peeled, sliced
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 teaspoon whole cloves
Gingerbread Cookie Cocktail
- Orange wedge
- Brown sugar
- 1 oz Gingerbread Simple Syrup (2 tablespoons)
- 1 oz vanilla vodka (2 tablespoons)
- 1 oz half-and-half (2 tablespoons)
- 1/2 oz coffee liqueur (1 tablespoon)
Instructions
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Step1To make Gingerbread Simple Syrup, mix sugar, water, molasses, gingerroot, cinnamon sticks and cloves in 1-quart saucepan. Heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat; set aside 1 hour to cool. Strain syrup into glass jar; discard spices. Cover jar, and refrigerate until needed. Makes about 1 1/2 cups.
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Step2To prepare cocktail, moisten rim of chilled martini glass with orange wedge. Sprinkle brown sugar onto small plate, and dip moistened rim into the sugar to coat lightly. Fill cocktail shaker with ice. Add 1 ounce of the gingerbread simple syrup, the vodka, half-and-half and coffee liqueur; cover and shake. Strain into martini glass.
Nutrition
210
Calories
3 1/2g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
27g
Total Carbohydrate
26g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cocktail
- Calories
- 210
- Calories from Fat
- 30
- Total Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 5%
- Saturated Fat
- 2g
- 10%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 10mg
- 3%
- Sodium
- 15mg
- 1%
- Potassium
- 105mg
- 3%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 27g
- 9%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 26g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 4%
- 4%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 0 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 0 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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