Day 28 of 31 days of prepping for the Holidays -Favorite Cocktails for the Holidays

So I am still painting away but while I am up on that ladder my mind does wander and today I was thinking about what kind of Cocktails to serve for the Holidays. 

Here are some of my favorites. 

Cranberry Champagne Cocktail

Ingredients

• 8 tablespoons Cointreau, chilled
• 12 teaspoons frozen cranberry juice cocktail concentrate, thawed
• 1 750-ml bottle Champagne, chilled
• 8 fresh or frozen cranberries

Preparation

• Place 1 tablespoon Cointreau and 1 1/2 teaspoons cranberry juice concentrate in each of 8 Champagne flutes. Top with Champagne. Drop 1 cranberry into each cocktail and serve.

Read More http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/2010/12/cranberry_champagne_cocktail#ixzz1c9401o2V

CLASSIC GIN AND TONIC

The Classic T&T

• 1.25 oz Tanqueray London Dry Gin
• 4 oz high-quality Tonic Water (try Fever Tree)
• Fresh Lime Wedges

Squeeze the juice of a lime wedge into the bottom of tapered modern highball glass. Fill the glass two-thirds with ice, then add the gin and tonic water. Stir well. Run a lime wedge around the rim of the glass, drop another wedge in the glass and serve. Best enjoyed reclining on a sofa or lounge chair, or on the grass under a tall shade tree.

Link to Gin and Tonic Recipe

Of course........ last but not least

TEQUILA GIMLET

Ingredients

• 2 ounces Tequila ( A good Reposado)
• 4 ice cubes
• 1 teaspoon of Cointreau
• Twist of lime zest 
• 1/2 of Sweetened lime juice

Directions

In a pitcher or a cocktail shaker, combine the tequila, lime juice and the ice cubes and stir or shake 20 times. Place the Cointreau in a chilled cocktail glass, swirl it around to coat the inside of the glass, and discard it. Strain the tequila into the glass. Place the twist of lime perch it on the rim of the glass, and serve at once.

What cocktails are you going to serve for the Holidays?