What would the
holidays be without cocktails? I shudder
to imagine. Jesus turned water into wine…I
think He’d be a little offended if you didn’t imbibe a little booze on His
birthday. WWJD? He’d try these cocktails this holiday season.
The Grinch (http://itthing.com)
Ingredients
2 oz Midori
½ oz lemon juice
1 tsp simple syrup
Maraschino cherry and
candy cane for garnish
Smashed peppermints or
sugar for rim of glass
Preparation
Use some of your
simple syrup to line rim of martini glass.
Dip top of glass in plate of smashed peppermints or sugar. Pour ingredients into a cocktail shaker with
ice. Shake well. Strain into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with cherry or peppermint.
Eggnog Martini (http://www.celebrations.com)
Ingredients
2 ounces of dark rum
½ ounce of vanilla
vodka
1 ½ ounces of Eggnog
Dash of simple syrup
Crushed graham
crackers for garnish
Ice
Preparation
Before serving, crush
one graham cracker per glass onto a side plate.
On another plate pour
a dash of simple syrup and gently set your martini glass on the plate to coat
the rim, then place the glass onto the graham cracker plate to coat the rim
with crushed crackers and let stand while you prepare the martini.
In a cocktail shaker,
add the ingredients and shake vigorously before straining into a martini glass.
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