Hi there!
After an awesome weekend in the Pasadena area with my parents (more on that later this week) and working from my hotel there yesterday, then driving back up to the Bay Area (telecommuting is a sweet gig!), today I’m back in my home office working with my puppy sleeping on my feet. I’m taking a little break from my work to share with you a recipe I came up with on New Year’s Eve:
Since I kept it low-key on New Year’s and was home with my hubby, I wanted to come up with a tasty celebratory cocktail with champagne as the star. I picked up some Prosecco at Trader Joe’s — which I know is technically Italian sparkling wine and not champagne, but it’s good enough for me! — and I also nabbed some of TJ’s sparkling apple cider.
The cocktail is made by first a.) making cinnamon simple syrup, b.) pouring the brut and cider in a glass, then lastly c.) spooning the syrup in. I was in cinnamon heaven with these drinks! The exact recipe is below.
Apple Cinnamon Champagne Cocktails
Ingredients
- 4 cups Prosecco or other brut
- 2 cups sparkling apple cider
- 1/4 cup water
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 TSP cinnamon
Instructions
- To make the simple syrup, bring the water to a boil in a small saucepan or pot.
- Add the sugar and cinnamon to the water, stirring constantly until it dissolves.
- Remove from heat and allow to slightly cool.
- Pour 1/2 cup of apple cider and 1 cup of brut into 4 champagne glasses. Spoon the cinnamon simple syrup evenly into each glass.
- Serve with stirrers, as the syrup tends to fall to the bottom of the glass.
Drinkers, what’s your favorite alcoholic beverage over the holidays?
Ooooo this looks yum! I love a glass of champagne (or prosecco) to celebrate!
Thanks! Me too, you know how I love my wine 😉
Well, I’m a drinker – trying to think of my favorite (hard!) – at the holidays, I love Poinsettias (champagne & cranberry juice with a splash of lime).
This drink looks awesome and I think I need to try it (no need to wait for next Christmas!!).
Oooh yea that’s a good one! Lately I’ve had a few vodka/cranberry/tonic drinks out – yum. Agreed, no need to wait for a special occasion at all!
Oh yum looks so good! My favorite holiday drink is egg nog for SURE. Have to have it like every day from Thanksgiving until Christmas 🙂
Ha! Sounds like you get your fill of it for the year over that one month!
My oh my, these festive cockails sound delicious! Your hubby is one lucky guy for having such a brilliant wife 🙂 Ha Ha!
Hope you’re having a faulous week.
Well I’ll be sure to tell him that you said that!! 🙂
These look great! I also love eggnog and can’t get enough of it during the holidays!
If there’s one drink that screams the holidays, eggnog would probably be it.
Good thing I don’t just drink champagne on New Years 😉 Love the cocktail!
Hell no, celebrations year-round my friend!
Yum, I love all things cinnamon, so this seems right up my alley. Cheers!
Lovely! If you have some time you might want to use Cinnamon sticks to make the syrup which makes this recipe even better. Of course if you can use Ceylon Cinnamon which tends to be subtle and more sophisticated with a heady aroma, then even better. But nicely done recipe!
Thanks for the recommendation! I’ve been wanting to experiment with using cinnamon sticks.