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Let's Toast it Up (Holiday Drink Recipes)

The Holidays are Here!!!

Let's Toast it Up.....I've decided to post a few of the most delicious (in my opinion) holiday drinks that are sure to get everyone in the spirit early!


Wine

Champagne Bourbon Cocktail
Ingredients
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup water
1/2 vanilla bean, split and seeds scraped
Bourbon (recommended: Woodford Reserve)
Prosecco or sparkling wine, chilled

Directions
Combine the sugar, water, bean and seeds in small pot. Bring to a boil over medium heat and cook until the sugar is dissolved. Let cool to room temperature, then discard the vanilla bean.

Add 1 shot of bourbon and 2 tablespoons vanilla bean syrup to a chilled champagne flute. Fill to the top with sparkling wine, and serv

Strawberry Champagne Bellini
Ingredients
4 shots orange-flavored liqueur (recommended: Grand Marnier)
4 teaspoons honey
4 fresh strawberries, tops trimmed
1 bottle Champagne, well chilled
Special equipment: 4 chilled Champagne flutes

Directions
Add the orange-flavored liqueur, honey and strawberries to a food processor and process until smooth. Fill the chilled glasses halfway with the strawberry mixture and then fill the rest of the glass with Champagne.

Liquor

The White Christmas Dream




 Ingredients 
1 ounce vodka
1 ounce amaretto liqueur
1 ounce heavy cream
Nutmeg for garnish

Directions
Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.
Shake vigorously.
Strain into a chilled cocktail glass.
Garnish with grated nutmeg on top.

Chic Cocktails
Bonbon of the Vanities

1.7 oz Russian Standard Vodka
.85 oz. banana liqueur
.85 oz. peach liqueur
2.7 oz. orange juice
.33 oz. Grenadine

Fill 1/3 shaker with ice before adding ingredients. Shake for 3-5 seconds, add 3 ice cubes to a highball glass, and strain the mixture over ice. Add Grenadine and garnish with an orange slice.


Punch

 Jingle Jangle Punch
Ingredients
1.5 cups berry vodka
3/4 cups Grand Marnier
6 pints of fresh berries (raspberries, blackberries, and strawberries)
1 cup lemon juice (freshly squeezed—about 8 lemons)
1.5 cups simple syrup
1 bottle sparkling wine (Something Extra Dry)

Directions:
1. Combine all the ingredients (except the berries and sparkling wine) in a large glass or plastic container (or pitcher). Stir well.
2. Wash the berries.
3. When ready to serve, first fill the punch bowl with ice. Pour a small amount of the mixture in a cocktail shaker.
4. Add about five to seven berries.
5. Top with ice and shake HARD. (Make sure you shake hard enough so that the berries break apart in the cocktail shaker.)
6. Strain into the punch bowl.
7. Keep repeating steps until the mixture is all shaken and in the punch bowl.
8. Top the punch with about 3/4 of the bottle of sparkling wine and stir well.
9. Top the punch with additional berries and serve.


**********HAPPY HOLIDAYS*******

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