Cinnamon Roll-Inspired Cocktails For A Sweet Happy Hour
Cinnamon Sugar Old Fashioned
Ingredients
Cinnamon Sugar Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
– 2 ounces bourbon
– 1/4 ounce cinnamon syrup
– 2 dashes Angostura bitters
– Orange peel, for garnish
Instructions:
1. In a mixing glass full of ice, combine the bourbon, cinnamon syrup, and bitters.
2. Stir for 30 seconds, or until chilled.
3. Strain into a rocks glass over a large ice dice.
4. Garnish with an orange peel.
Instructions
Cinnamon Sugar Old Fashioned
Ingredients:
- 2 ounces bourbon
- 1/4 ounce easy syrup
- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- 1/2 orange peel, for garnish
- Cinnamon sugar, for garnish
Instructions:
- In a mixing glass, mix the bourbon, Easy cinnamon roll syrup, and Angostura bitters.
- Add ice and stir till chilled.
- Strain into a rocks glass over ice.
- Garnish with an orange peel and a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar.
Creamy Chai-Spiced White Russian
Ingredients
Creamy Chai-Spiced White Russian
2 ounces vodka
1 ounce chai-infused simple syrup
1 ounce heavy cream
1/4 teaspoon floor cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
Pinch of floor cloves
Ice
Instructions
Creamy Chai-Spiced White Russian
Ingredients:
- 1 half ounces vodka
- 1 ounce chai-spiced simple syrup (recipe below)
- 1 ounce heavy cream
- Ground cinnamon, for garnish
Instructions:
1.
In a cocktail shaker crammed with ice, mix the vodka, chai-spiced easy syrup, and heavy cream.
2.
Shake until well chilled.
3.
Strain into a chilled rocks glass.
4.
Garnish with floor cinnamon.
Chai-Spiced Simple Syrup:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 1 chai tea bag
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 3 cloves
- 1 teaspoon ground cardamom
Instructions:
1.
In a small saucepan, combine the sugar, water, tea bag, cinnamon stick, cloves, and cardamom.
2.
Bring to a boil over medium warmth, stirring constantly.
three.
Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes, or until the sugar has dissolved and the syrup has thickened barely.
four.
Remove from heat and let cool utterly.
5.
Strain the syrup right into a jar or bottle.
Apple-Cinnamon Whiskey Sour
Ingredients
Apple-Cinnamon Whiskey Sour
Ingredients:
– 2 ounces bourbon whiskey
– 1 ounce apple cider
– 1 ounce recent lemon juice
– 1/4 ounce cinnamon syrup
– 1/2 ounce egg white (optional)
– Ground cinnamon, for garnish
Instructions
Apple-Cinnamon Whiskey Sour
A twist on the basic whiskey sour with apple and cinnamon flavors
- Ingredients:
- 2 oz Apple Cinnamon Whiskey (such as Jim Beam Apple)
- 1 oz lemon juice, freshly squeezed
- 1/2 oz cinnamon syrup (recipe below)
- Cinnamon stick, for garnish
- Apple slice, for garnish
- Instructions:
- In a cocktail shaker crammed with ice, combine Apple Cinnamon Whiskey, lemon juice, and cinnamon syrup.
- Shake vigorously until nicely chilled, about 10 seconds.
- Strain right into a rocks glass over fresh ice.
- Garnish with cinnamon stick and apple slice.
- To make cinnamon syrup:
- In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup sugar, 1 cup water, and 2 cinnamon sticks
- Bring to a simmer over medium warmth, stirring often, until sugar dissolves.
- Reduce warmth to low and simmer for 5 minutes, or till syrup thickens slightly
- Remove from warmth and let cool barely earlier than using
Salted Brown Butter Cinnamon Margarita
Ingredients
Ingredients:
– 2 ounces tequila reposado
– 1 1/2 ounces salted brown butter cinnamon syrup
– 3/4 ounce lime juice
– 1/4 ounce orange liqueur
– Cinnamon sugar, for garnish
Salted Brown Butter Cinnamon Syrup:
– 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
– half of cup packed mild brown sugar
– half teaspoon floor cinnamon
– 1/4 teaspoon salt
Instructions
Salted Brown Butter Cinnamon Margarita
Ingredients:
- 2 ounces tequila (blanco or reposado)
- 1 ounce Grand Marnier
- 1 ounce lime juice (freshly squeezed)
- 1 ounce salted brown butter syrup (see recipe below)
- 1/2 ounce floor cinnamon
- Pinch of salt
For the salted brown butter syrup:
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
Instructions:
- To make the salted brown butter syrup, soften the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, swirling the pan often, till the butter turns a deep golden brown and smells nutty, about 3-4 minutes.
- Remove from heat and immediately stir in the brown sugar, vanilla extract, and salt. Set apart to cool barely.
- To make the margarita, mix the tequila, Grand Marnier, lime juice, salted brown butter syrup, cinnamon, and salt in a cocktail shaker crammed with ice.
- Shake vigorously until properly chilled, about 10 seconds.
- Strain into a calming coupe glass and garnish with a cinnamon stick.