Holiday Spiced Honeycrisp Apple Cocktail
Honeycrisp apples combine with a holiday spiced simple syrup and bourbon for the perfect holiday apple cocktail. Don't forget the cinnamon sugar rim!
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Makes: 4 cocktails
Ingredients
- 2 honeycrisp apples peeled, cored, and quartered (can use another apple variety if you can't find honeycrisp)
- ½ cup water
- 1 Tbsp granulated sugar
- 1 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 oz. Holiday Spiced Simple Syrup (recipe below), plus more for glass rims
- 6 oz. bourbon
- Apple chips for garnish, if desired
- Star anise for garnish, if desired
Holiday Spiced Simple Syrup
- 1 ½ cups light brown sugar
- 1 ½ cups water
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 8 cloves
- 1 star anise
- ¼ tsp ground ginger
Instructions
- Put honeycrisp apple slices and water in a blender and blend until smooth for homemade apple puree.
- Push puree mixture through a fine mesh sieve into a bowl or mason jar to get out as much juice as possible, leaving solids behind.
- On a small plate, combine granulated sugar and cinnamon. Brush rims of cocktail glasses (coup glasses work well) lightly with holiday spiced simple syrup and twirl the glasses in the sugar/cinnamon mixture to coat rims.
- Pour 4 oz. homemade apple puree, 3 oz. bourbon, and 1 oz. holiday spiced simple syrup into a shaker filled with ice and shake well. Pour into two glasses. Repeat with two remaining glasses.
- Garnish each cocktail with apple chips and star anise, if desired.
Holiday Spiced Simple Syrup
- Combine all ingredients into a small saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil.
- Lower heat and let simmer for about 10 minutes, until sugar is completely dissolved and syrup thickens.
- Strain syrup into a jar or bowl to let cool completely. Store simple syrup in refrigerator. Leave cinnamon sticks and anise in the mixture, if desired, to continue to develop the flavor.
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