NYE Cocktail Tasting Menu: Apricot Winter

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Apricot Winter

By nicole Published: January 1, 2015

  • Yield: 1 Drink

This drink is adapted from an Apricot Sour contributed by Michel Richard of Washington DC's Central to Food & Wine Magazine.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Put the apricot liqueur, vermouth, lemon juice, egg and bitters in a cocktail shaker and shake well for 10 seconds.
  2. Add ice and shake again.
  3. Strain into a coupe glass. Garnish with luxardo cherry.

NYE Cocktail Tasting Menu: Ume Sour

NYE Cocktail Tasting Menu: Ume Sour Recipe

By nicole Published: January 1, 2015

  • Yield: 1 drink

This is based off a drink we had at Repeal Day 2014, an Ume Sour by Kimpton San Francisco.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Muddle the syrup and leaves together.
  2. Add all remaining ingredients and shake until frothy. Strain into martini glass.

Crackle Top Ginger Molasses Cookies

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Nothing reminds me of the holidays more than spiced cookies. For this special Secret Recipe Club Cookie Carnival round-up for the winter, I was paired up with Cindy from Hun… What’s for Dinner?, a stay at home to 2 children. It was pretty much a no brainer when I saw her recipe for Ginger Molasses Cookies, a perfect way to take the edge off on a chilly day. My favorite way to eat these cookies are after they’ve been warmed over the a cup of tea — soft and chewy center with crispier outer edges.

These cookies bake uniformly and are pretty to look at with the crackly tops. Since we like our cookies on the softer side, we baked them for only 10 minutes and set them to cool on parchment paper. The molasses in these cookies keeps them soft for days after baking. My husband baked these for me one evening and I brought them into work 4 or 5 days later and they were still very soft and flavorful. This is also the first cookie I’ve heard of that used oil instead of butter; how these would bake into cookies seemed like a mystery to me.

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Crackle Top Ginger Molasses Cookies Recipe

By nicole Published: December 15, 2014

  • Yield: 2 dozen cookies (24 Servings)
  • Prep: 5 mins
  • Cook: 10 mins
  • Ready In: 15 mins

Nothing reminds me of the holidays more than spiced cookies. For this special Secret Recipe Club Cookie Carnival round-up for the …

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
  2. In a large bowl mix oil, ¾ C sugar and brown sugar. Add egg, beat well and stir in molasses. In a separate bowl, combine the flour, baking soda and spices. Add to wet ingredients and mix well. If necessary, add more flour to make a firm dough.
  3. Shape Tbs amounts of dough into balls. Roll in remaining ⅓ cup sugar. Place 3 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Flatten the tops a bit with your thumb.
  4. Bake 10 to 12 minutes; or until tops crack. Remove from baking sheet and cool on rack (for crisp cookies), or on parchment paper) for chewy cookies.