Cold Pumpkin Pie

Thanksgiving is only a few days away.  I love Thanksgiving so much it’s hard to pick my favorite part of the holiday, but I have to say that it’s probably pumpkin pie.  I love pumpkin and this time of the year that I find myself eating a lot of pumpkin in all kinds of ways from pumpkin ice cream to pumpkin cheesecake and of course pumpkin pie.  This Thanksgiving I want to inspire you to … Read more

Pear-Ginger Champagne Cocktail

This simple and light champagne cocktail is perfect for Thanksgiving, the day of thanks and heavy foods! The seasonal flavor and ginger zing will complement the food without filling you up. Also: there’s no better way to celebrate than with a little something sparkling.

Juice the pears yourself for a little DIY enhancement! For more tips on creating your own champagne cocktails, check out our book DIY Cocktails.

Ingredients:
1 oz pear juice
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Sugar Cookie

Ingredients:
2 1/2 oz Partida Resposado Tequila
1 Tsp. Brown Sugar
Brown sugar for garnish

Directions:
Rim cordial glass with brown sugar. Add tequila and brown sugar into a shaker with ice and shake ingredients well. Strain into glass.

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Spiced Rum Toddy

Ingredients:
1 ½ oz Home-Spiced Flor de Caña  (spice recommendation: vanilla bean, nutmeg, cinnamon)
3 oz hot water
½ teaspoon of butter on top
1 cinnamon stick

Directions:
In an Irish coffee mug, add boiling water, rum and top with a small slice of butter. Stir with cinnamon stick and garnish with fresh nutmeg on top.

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Hound’s Tooth Toddy

Ingredients:
2 oz. SKYY Infusions Ginger
.75 oz honey
Juice of half a lemon
2 sage leaves
4 oz of Earl Grey tea (hot)

Directions:
Combine all ingredients directly in a wine glass. Garnish with a sage leaf.

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Toasty Toddy

Ingredients:
1.5 oz Dewars White Label
1 oz Disaronno Amaretto
1 bar spoon of honey                           
.75 oz lemon juice
3-4 oz hot water
1 cinnamon stick, cracked

Directions:
In a mixing glass add one cracked cinnamon stick, lemon juice, bar spoon of honey, Disaronno, and 2 oz of Hot Water.  Stir contents until honey has properly dissolved.  Pour contents into toddy glass or wine goblet.  Add 1or 2 more ounces of hot water, and garnish … Read more

Hot Apple Fritter

Ingredients:
1 oz Sobieski Cynamon Vodka
1 oz apple schnapps

Directions:
Shake with ice. Strain into a chilled glass with an apple slice garnish.

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Balsamique

Ingredients:
1 1/2 parts Grey Goose Vodka
3/4 part Crème Yvette
1/4 part balsamic vinegar
1 part pomegranate juice
3/4 part agave nectar
1 to 2 parts seltzer water

Directions:
In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, add first five ingredients. Shake vigorously until the outside of the shaker is frosted and beaded with sweat. Strain into a highball glass filled with fresh ice. Top with seltzer and garnish with a fresh orange slice.… Read more

Seven Layer Cookie

Ingredients:
3/4 oz Godiva Liqueur
3/4 oz Coconut rum
1/2 oz Butterscotch Schnapps
1/2 oz Partida Anejo Tequila
1/4 oz Frangelico
1/2 Bailey’s Irish Cream
1/2 oz Amaretto

Directions:
Garnish rim of a martini glass with crushed cookies crumbs. Shake all ingredients in a shaker with ice and strain into martini glass.

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Classic Kentucky Eggnog

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