Cider Sidecar

Transform apple cider into a grownup treat with this easy cocktail recipe. Yields: 1 Total Time: 5 Minutes INGREDIENTS 2 oz.fresh apple cider 2 oz. cognac 1 oz. Cointreau 1 oz. fresh lemon juice strip of lemon zest and brandied cherries, for serving DIRECTIONS Place cider, cognac, Cointreau, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker; top with ice. […]

Purple Potion Punch

Your Halloween guests will die over this Purple Potion Punch! Yields: 9  Prep Time: 5 Minutes Total Time: 5 Minutes INGREDIENTS 4 c. purple grape juice 1 c. vanilla ice cream 1 liter lemon-lime soda Garnish: Vanilla ice cream, confetti sprinkles DIRECTIONS In a large pitcher, mix grape juice and melted ice cream until blended. […]

Recipe Rants: Summer Fling

summer flung whiskey cocktail

Ingredients 2 oz Tennesse whiskey 1 oz rosemary-beet shrub 2 dashes of orange bitters 3 oz sparkling water Method Shaken Glass collins glass Instructions Add whiskey, shrub, and bitters to a shaker with.1 or 2 ice cubes and whip shake. This combines and aerates the ingredients without too much dilution Strain the shaker’s contents into […]

Blueberry Cinnamon Ring and The Perfect French Toast

Blueberry Ring Cake and French Toast

This is the way and you can trust me on that! Isn’t this gorgeous? This breakfast treat is a 2-for-1 not only is it excellent as cake but it also makes the perfect French toast. Trust me! Another recipe inspired by Sam the Cooking Guy! INGREDIENTS 4-10 ounce cans (5 each) buttermilk refrigerator biscuits 3/4 […]

Citrus Paradisi

A complex mixture of vodka, fruit, bubbles, rose water, and citrus green tea. A slice of springtime paradise. Michele and I had one while watching Saturday Night Fever! Ingredients 2 oz vodka 3/4 oz citrus green tea-grapefruit syrup 3/4 oz lime juice 2 dashes rose water 1 1/2 ox aromatic tonic water Method Shaken into […]