Cooking Lesson #704: Drunken Zombie Gingerbread Margarita

... from the Perspectives’ Holiday Happy Hour Bar

How you doin’? Now you can turn everyone’s favorite tequila cocktail into the perfect holiday sipper with this Gingerbread Margarita! You’ll want to serve this signature Christmas cocktail at every holiday party.
 
Easy holiday cocktail recipes are hard to come by, but still delicious. My Drunken Zombie Gingerbread Margarita is a must-make for this year. With butterscotch, cinnamon, ginger and nutmeg flavors, this cozy cocktail is just what you need. Cheers!
 
Ingredients 
1 lime wedge
1 tablespoon cinnamon sugar for the rim
2 ounces spiced rum
1 ounce tequila
1/2 ounce butterscotch schnapps
1 tablespoon maple syrup
2 drops cinnamon extract
Ginger beer
1 pinch ground ginger
1 pinch ground nutmeg
3-4 allspice berries
 
Directions

1. Run a lime wedge along the rim of a cocktail glass and dip the rim in cinnamon-sugar.
2. Add the ice to the cocktail glass.
3. In a cocktail shaker, add spiced rum, tequila, butterscotch schnapps, maple syrup, and cinnamon extract. Shake it like you mean it.
4. Pour cocktail mixture over ice. Pour ginger beer on top to fill glass.
5. Add a pinch of ginger and nutmeg to the top and 3-4 whole allspice berries for garnish.

ChefSecret:  Make your own ginger people. Find the recipe at Covid-19 Survival Guide: Cooking Lesson #161.

Quip of the Day:  Stand-up comedy is a great gig for a zombie. Either they are dying up there, or they are killing it!
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To you and everyone dear to you, be strong, positive, stay well, stay safe and be kind. Take a breath and count your blessings, and if you have a little extra to share with others, please consider donating to Feeding America and/or American Red Cross.

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