Happy National Hot Buttered Rum Day! Celebrate by making this super yum Hot Buttered RumChata! Ingredients: 1 tbsp. butter 1 tsp. brown sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 1/16 tsp. each: allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg (you can just eyeball this w/ a pinch) 2 oz. RumChata (if you’re using shooters, just toss in two) 5 oz. hot water…
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Homemade Hot Cocoa Mix
Ingredients: 2 c. powdered sugar 1.5 c. unsweetened cocoa powder 3 c. INSTANT dry milk powder (do not use non-instant….ask me how I know) 1/2 c. French vanilla coffee creamer Nestle Tollhouse Peppermint Hot Cocoa Morsels & More, mini marshmallows, Peppermint Reddi-Whip, and/or other optional stir-ins In a large bowl, whisk together the first two…
Gluhwein (or Mulled Wine)
1 bottle red table wine (this one’s my favorite) 2 cinnamon sticks 1 orange sliced 1/2 c. sugar 1/2 c. water 5-10 whole cloves cardamom, to taste star anise, to taste Add everything to a crock pot and cook on low until hot. Strain and switch setting to warm. The alcohol does not “cook out.”…
Mulled Cider
Ingredients 1 gallon fresh apple cider 2-3 anise stars 4-5 cinnamon sticks 1-2 tsp. whole cloves 1 orange, sliced (I actually used clementines for this batch) Pour cider in the crock pot. Add in remaining ingredients. Cook on high for four hours. I serve mine directly from the crock pot with a ladle, but some…
Pumpkin Pecan Lava Cake
Ingredients: 1 c. plus 3 Tbsp. flour 2 tsp. baking powder 1/2 tsp. salt 1 1/4 c. sugar, divided 1 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 tsp. nutmeg 1/4 tsp. ground cloves 1/2 c. pumpkin puree 1/4 c. milk 1/4 c. butter, melted 1 1/2 tsp. vanilla 1/2 c. brown sugar 1/2 c. chopped pecans, divided 1 1/2…
Pumpkin Spiced Rum(chata)
There are tons of drinks just like this one all over social media right now, so if you like this one, there are plenty more to try! Ingredients: 2 c. hot coffee 2 Tbsp. sugar 1/4 tsp. cinnamon 1/2 c. milk 1/2 c. Rumchata 1/4 c. pumpkin spice vodka Whipped cream or Reddi-whip Add the…
Fireball Cider Floats
Ingredients: Vanilla ice cream Fresh apple cider 7-Up Fireball Caramel Syrup Kosher Salt Scoop as much vanilla ice cream as you’d like in the glasss (I filled mine up). Then, pour apple cider to the 1/3-mark. Add 1-2 oz. of Fireball and then top off with 7-up. Drizzle caramel syrup on top and sprinkle with…
Vegetable Gazpacho
Ingredients: 48 oz. V-8 juice 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 Tbsp. lemon juice 2 Tbsp. white wine vinegar 2 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce Salt and pepper, to taste 2 tomatoes, diced 1 red bell pepper, diced 1 yellow bell pepper, diced 1 green bell pepper, diced 2 stalks celery, diced 1 cucumber, diced Mix juice, garlic,…
Summer Pasta Primavera
Ingredients: 16 oz. rotini pasta 1 Tbsp. olive oil 1 clove garlic, minced 1 c. broccoli florets, chopped 2 carrots, sliced 1/2 bell pepper, chopped 1/2 onion, chopped, 1 zucchini, sliced 1/2 c. tomatoes, chopped 1 tsp. oregano 1 Tbsp. fresh basil, chopped 2 Tbsp. butter 1 c. Parmesan cheese pepper salt Prepare rotini according…
Summer Vodka Slush
Ingredients: 2 c. sugar 9 c. water 12 oz. frozen lemonade concentrate 12 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate 2 c. vodka Squirt pop Mix water and sugar together in large pot. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat and allow to cool. When cool, add orange juice concentrate, lemonade concentrate, and vodka. Mix well. Put…