What I Love: Gingerbread Cookie Cocktail

Hey Dolls!
I absouletly adore gingerbread.
So here is a recipe for a "Gingerbread Cookie Cocktail".
Sounds yummy right? :)
Well you can also minus the alcohol ingredients in it and it still tastes amazing. That is the way I actually only drink it! :) I add Almond Milk/Coconut Milk instead of the Vodka, and instead of Chocolate liqueur I add a touch of chocolate shavings. :)
Check out the recipe below..

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Prep Time
10 Minutes
Total Time
1:10 Hr:Mins Makes
1 cocktail

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) (I add Almond or Coconut Milk!)
1 oz half-and-half (2 tablespoons)
1/2 oz coffee liqueur (1 tablespoon) (I add a touch of chocolate shavings instead!)

1. To 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.
2. To 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.
Makes 1 cocktail (1/2 cup)

Nutrition Information:
1 Serving (1 Cocktail)Calories 210(Calories from Fat 30),Total Fat 3 1/2g(Saturated Fat 2g,Trans Fat 0g),Cholesterol 10mg;Sodium 15mg;Total Carbohydrate 27g(Dietary Fiber 0g,Sugars 26g),Protein 1g;
Percent Daily Value*:Vitamin A 2.00%;Vitamin C 0.00%;Calcium 4.00%;Iron 0.00%;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 Choices:2;
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.


Recipe & Image from: www.bettycrocker.com

Enjoy!
xoxo
Simi