Holiday Spiced Honey Crisp Apple by Watermelon Road

Name: Holiday Spiced Honey Crisp Apple Cocktail by Watermelon Road
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 1
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; Add Watermelon Road Apple Pie Jerky as Garnish; 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

Nov 18, 2023

"We're always on the lookout for fun holiday cocktails. This Holiday Spiced Honeycrisp Apple Cocktail, garnished with our Apple Pie Jerky, brings a festive touch to any celebration." - Cortney Smit

Holiday Spiced Honey Crisp Apple Cocktail by Watermelon Road

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Servings

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

5 minutes

"We're always on the lookout for fun holiday cocktails. This Holiday Spiced Honeycrisp Apple Cocktail, garnished with our Apple Pie Jerky, brings a festive touch to any celebration." - Cortney Smit

Author:

Watermelon Road

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
Add Watermelon Road Apple Pie Jerky as Garnish
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

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Directions

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.
Add Watermelon Road Apple Pie Jerky as Garnish

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.