Some Tasty Holiday Gift (and Recipe) Suggestions
Americans seemed to have baked all the flour away.
For the adults in the room, a bottle of wine or liquor makes an easy grab-and-go gift. With craft cocktails all the rage, personalize your adult-beverage gift by making a flavor-infused syrup that can be incorporated into a crafty concoction.
Ingredients
CINNAMON MAPLE OLD-FASHIONED
- 4 tsp cinnamon rosemary maple simple syrup (recipe below)
- 3 dashes angostura bitters
- 2 oz bourbon or brandy
CINNAMON ROSEMARY MAPLE SIMPLE SYRUP
- ¾ c sugar
- ¼ c maple syrup
- 1 c water
- 3 cinnamon sticks
- 3 sprigs of fresh rosemary
- Additional cinnamon sticks and fresh rosemary to place in cooled bottled syrup
Instructions
TO PREPARE CINNAMON MAPLE OLD-FASHIONED
Makes one serving
Place the simple syrup and bitters in an Old-Fashioned glass. Add the bourbon or brandy and ice. Stir to combine. Garnish with a rosemary sprig, cinnamon stick and fresh orange peel.
TO PREPARE CINNAMON ROSEMARY MAPLE SIMPLE SYRUP
Makes 2 cups
Place all of the ingredients in a saucepot. Bring to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Simmer for 5 minutes, then turn off heat and allow to cool to room temperature. Once cool, strain mixture to remove the rosemary and cinnamon sticks. Pour mixture into a clean clear bottle or glass jar. Place new sprigs of fresh rosemary and cinnamon sticks into the syrup. Decorate bottle top with a ribbon.
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