Gingerbread Cookie Cocktail

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 2 tablespoons light molasses
• 1 inch piece fresh gingerroot, peeled, sliced
• 2 cinnamon sticks
• 1 teaspoon whole cloves
• orange wedge
• brown sugar
• 1 ounce gingerbread simple syrup (2 tablespoons)
• 1 ounce vanilla vodka (2 tablespoons)
• 1 ounce half-and-half (2 tablespoons)
• 1/2 ounce coffee liqueur (1 tablespoon)

Recipe

• 1 to make gingerbread simple syrup, mix sugar, water, molasses, gingerroot, cinnamon sticks and cloves in 1-quart saucepan. heat to boiling over medium-high heat, stirring until sugar is dissolved. remove from heat; set aside 1 hour to cool. strain into glass jar; discard spices. cover jar, and refrigerate until needed. makes about 1 1/2 cups.
• 2 to garnish glass, moisten rim of chilled martini glass with orange wedge. sprinkle brown sugar onto small plate, and dip moistened rim into the sugar to coat lightly.
• 3 to prepare cocktail, fill cocktail shaker with ice. add gingerbread simple syrup, vodka, half-and-half and coffee liqueur; cover and shake. pour into martini glass.