A Drink, A Book and Holiday Cheer Entries
Castle Rock Hot Buttered Rum by Robin Kaye
Ingredients:
1-pint vanilla bean ice cream—get the really good stuff.
¾-cup brown sugar
1/2-cup butter
¼-teaspoon lemon peel
1-teaspoon cinnamon
½-teaspoon allspice
light or dark rum
Directions:
Mixture:
Let
the butter and ice cream soften slightly. With a mixer, beat butter,
brown sugar, lemon peel, and spices together. Slowly add ice cream by
the spoonful until well blended and smooth.
Note: I always at
least double the recipe and store it in freezer containers. It will keep
in the freezer for about as long as ice cream will, though in our
house, it has a way of disappearing quickly.
To mix a drink:
Place
2 heaping tablespoons of the ice cream mixture in a mug, add 3
Tablespoons rum, and then add about ½ cup boiling water, stir until
melted.
***Depending upon the size of the mug, you
might want to double this. Needless to say, we use big mugs at my house,
so I always double it. This is also great if you add the mixture to
plain coffee—with or without rum.
COSMOS FOR A CROWD!!! by Kieran Kramer
4 parts vodka
2 parts triple sec
2 parts cranberry juice
1 part fresh lime juice
Combine
with cracked ice in a cocktail shaker or large pitcher. Shake well (or
stir if in pitcher) Pour into chilled martini glasses.
The
way this recipe goes, you can adjust for however many people you have.
It’s basically saying: however much vodka you use, then you’ll add HALF
that amount of triple sec and cranberry juice. And then ONE-FOURTH that
amount of lime juice.
For example, let’s say I have 6
cups of vodka…then I’d add 3 cups triple sec and 3 cups cranberry
juice, and 1 1/2 cups fresh lime juice.
Tropical Champagne Cocktail by Sabrina Jeffries
1 oz. Mango rum
1 oz. Rose’s Pomegranate Twister
2 oz. champagne
Garnish with mango slice on a stick
Sneaky Petes by Larissa Ione
Ingredients:
750 ml 100 proof vodka
16 oz pomegranate or cranberry juice
12 oz frozen orange juice concentrate
12 oz frozen lemonade
750 ml Fresca
1 cup powdered sugar (optional)
Mix all ingredients in a large container with a lid. Freeze for two days. Will be slushy. Scoop into glasses and serve.
A Flannel Nightie by Tiffany A Snow
1.5 oz good quality brandy
2 oz Godiva White Chocolate Liqueur
½ oz Frangelico
1 t Goldschlager (optional)
2 oz half n half
Crushed gingersnaps for garnish
Rim
a chilled martini glass in crushed gingersnaps. Combine ingredients
over ice and shake. Strain into martini glass. Sprinkle with crushed
gingersnaps.
The Godiva gives it
sweetness, the Goldschlager and gingersnaps give it spice, a little
nuttiness is provided by the Frangelico, and underneath it all is a rich
depth of flavor from the brandy.
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