I love this time of year! With warm, apple, and cinnamon flavored cocktails on the menu, how can you go wrong? Here are three different ways you can use your apple cider to make your cocktail dreams come true. All of them are equally delicious!
From left to right in the picture above is the Hot Apple Toddy, Apple Whiskey Smash, and Apple Cider Sangria. Pictured below is the Apple Cider Mimosa. See details below for ingredients and instructions. Hope you love them as much as I do!
Hot Apple Toddy
Ingredients:
1 hot cup of tea
1 oz. bourbon or whiskey
1.5 oz. apple cider
Lemon wheel, for garnish
Instructions:
Make one cup of hot tea. Use whatever tea you prefer. (I would suggest a tea without a lot of flavor, but I’ll leave that up to you.)
After tea is made and poured into a cup, pour in the remaining ingredients and stir.
Garnish with the lemon wheel.
Apple Whiskey Smash
Ingredients:
1 oz. whiskey
1/2 lemon juice
4 oz apple cider
Sliced apples or lemon wheel, for garnish
Instructions:
Pour all ingredients into a mixing tin and shake for 10 seconds.
Pour into a glass and garnish with apples or lemons.
Apple Cider Sangria
Ingredients:
2 oz. Lillet Rouge
2 oz. apple cider
.75 oz. Grand Marnier
2 dashes of orange bitters
Chopped apples, for garnish
Instructions:
Pour all ingredients into a glass and stir for 10 seconds.
Pour into a glass and garnish with chopped apples.
Apple Cider Mimosa
Ingredients:
2-3 oz. apple cider
Prosecco, to top
Cinnamon sugar, for garnish
Instructions:
Place cinnamon sugar on flat surface. Wet the rim of your champagne flute with a lemon or water and roll your glass to cover the rim with sugar. (If you don’t have cinnamon sugar, you can use cinnamon only or a combination of cinnamon and sugar.)
Pour apple cider into champagne flute.
Top with Prosecco . Enjoy!
