Craft a cocktail with some seasonal staples as the star ingredients
Holiday season parties are particularly festive affairs.
The jovial spirt of the season lends itself to fun gatherings with family and friends.
When welcoming loved ones at home this holiday season, hosts can consider some seasonal staples and craft a unique cocktail guests won’t soon forget.
Pumpkin might be more synonymous with fall than winter, but cinnamon certainly has a place on holiday season dinner tables.
This recipe for a “Pumpkin Martini Cocktail With Cinnamon” from Lines+Angles combines staple flavors of fall and winter into a delicious drink holiday celebrants will love.
Pumpkin Martini Cocktail With Cinnamon
Serves two
2 tablespoons maple syrup
1⁄4 cup graham cracker crumbs
5 ounces pumpkin spice liqueur
2 ounces Baileys Irish Cream
2 ounces vodka
1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 cinnamon sticks
Pour the maple syrup in a saucer and put the graham cracker crumbs in a separate saucer. Dip the rims of 2 chilled martini glasses first into the simple syrup, then into the graham cracker crumbs.
Fill a shaker with ice and add the pumpkin spice liqueur, Baileys, vodka, and vanilla extract. Shake for 15 seconds and strain between the prepared glasses. Garnish each with a cinnamon stick.
