Monday, December 16, 2013

HOLIDAY DRINKS

HOLIDAY PUNCH

4 Cup Cranberry Juice Cocktail
2 Cup Pineapple Juice
½ cup Mulling Spice Mix
2 Bottles Ginger Ale
1 Cup Fresh Cranrasin's or Cranberry's 
¼ Cup Brown Sugar packed
1 Lime for fresh garnish

Night Before
Make an ice ring with 1 cup pineapple juice, 1 cup cranberry juice and 1 cup fresh cranrasins, place in freezer to freeze.
Combine Mulling spice, 1/4 cup brown sugar and 1 cup ginger ale in small saucepan. Heat, never boil, to dissolve mix, cover and let cool overnight.

Ready to Serve

Combine the rest of fruit juices and the Mullin Spice mixture.  Just before serving, put block of ice in punch bowl and pour in the punch mixture.  Add ginger ale and stir gently.


FIRESIDE COFFEE



½ Cup Instant Coffee
½ Cup Hot Chocolate Instant Mix
½ Cup Instant Powder Creamer
½ Cup Sugar
1 Teaspoon Cinnamon
¼ Teaspoon Grated Nutmeg

Mix all together.  Store in a sealed container.

For 1 Cup;
3 Tablespoon of Mixer
1 cup hot water

I double the recipe except for the nutmeg.
This is a great gift to give during the Holiday’s.



SPICE TEA


1 Cup Instant Tea 
1 Cup Instant Apple Ciders (6 Envelopes)
½ Cup Instant Orange Drink
½ Cup Sugar
1 Tablespoon Cinnamon 
Mix all together.   Store in a sealed container.

For 1 Cup;
3 Tablespoon of Mixer
1 cup hot water

You can make a Hot Punch with the whole recipe.  Add 1 Gallon of Water and Simmer for 15 minutes, stirring.
Or make it cold and serve in the summer! Great for parties! This is a great gift to give during the Holiday's.