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4 Holiday Cocktail Recipes You Haven't Tried Before

Sure, everyone loves a little spiked eggnog around the holidays. But the next time you're looking to sip on something festive, try one of these four new holiday cocktail recipes, courtesy of the mixologists at Leyenda in New York City.

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holly and ivy holiday cocktail recipe
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The Holly & The Ivy (makes 1 Cocktail)

- 1 dash Fee Brothers aromatic bitters
- 0.5 ounces lemon juice
- 0.25 ounces simple syrup
- 0.25 ounces orange liqueur
- 1 ounce Edinburgh Christmas Gin
- cranberry preserves
- ice
- 2 ounces rosé Champagne
- grapefruit twist
- mini candy cane

Step 1: In a mixing tin, add the aromatic bitters, lemon juice, simple syrup, orange liqueur, Christmas gin and a heaping barspoon of cranberry preserves.

Step 2: Add ice, shake and strain into a coupe, top with 2 ounces rosé Champagne.

Step 3: Garnish with a grapefruit twist and a mini candy cane.

tannenbaum and tonic holiday cocktail recipe
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The Tannenbaum & Tonic (makes 1 Cocktail)

- Alice and the Magician cocktail aromatic spray, Balsam fir
- 2 ounces gin
- 0.5 ounces maple/apple shrub (2 parts maple syrup, 1 part apple cider vinegar)
- tonic water
- rosemary sprig
- 3 cranberries

Step 1: Spray the inside of a glass with Alice and the Magician cocktail aromatic spray.

Step 2: Pour gin into the glass, add maple/apple shrub and stir.

Step 3: Top with tonic, and add a rosemary sprig and 3 cranberries for garnish.

sleigh pilot holiday cocktail recipe
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The Sleigh Pilot (makes 1 Cocktail)

- 1 dash Angostura bitters
- 1 dash absinthe
- 0.5 ounces lime juice
- 0.5 ounces grapefruit
- 0.5 ounces Tiki Adam Falernum
- 0.5 ounces cinnamon syrup
- 0.75 ounces Wild Turkey Rare Breed Bourbon
- 0.75 ounces Appleton Estate Signature Rum
- 1 drop red food coloring
- ice
- mint
- confectioners' sugar

Step 1: In a mixing tin, add Angostura bitters, absinthe, lime juice, grapefruit, Tiki Adam Falernum, cinnamon syrup, bourbon, rum and red food coloring.

Step 2: Add ice, shake and strain into a glass filled with crushed ice.

Step 3: Garnish with mint and confectioners' sugar.

nutcracker old fashioned holiday cocktail recipe
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The Nutcracker Old Fashioned (makes 1 Cocktail)

- 2 dashes Angostura bitters
- 1 dash Fee Brothers aromatic bitters
- 1/2 teaspoon Tiki Adam Macadamia Nut Orgeat
- 1/2 teaspoon Tiki Adam Maple liqueur
- 1 ounce hazelnut-infused Wild Turkey 101 Bourbon*
- 1 ounce pecan-infused Appleton Estate Rum**
- ice
- flamed orange twist

Step 1: In a mixing glass, add Angostura bitters, aromatic bitters, macadamia nut orgeat, maple, bourbon and rum.

Step 2: Add ice and stir. Strain into a rocks glass.

Step 3: Garnish with a flamed orange twist.

*To make the hazelnut-infused bourbon: Add one cup toasted hazelnuts per bottle of bourbon. Add hazelnuts and bourbon in a container and let sit at room temperature for three days. Strain through a chinois.

**To make the pecan infused-rum: One cup toasted pecans per bottle of rum. Add pecans and rum in a container and let sit at room temp for one day. Strain through a chinois.



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