5-Minute Thanksgiving Vodka Drink That Tastes Like Apple Pie
Apple juice, vanilla vodka and Fireball, shaken cold and poured over ice in a glass rimmed with brown sugar and cinnamon. One glass takes five minutes, and a pitcher for 8 can be stirred together the day before.
Servings: 1
Calories: 230kcal
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar 25 g
- ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 g
- 3½ oz apple juice 105 ml, chilled, plus a little extra for the rim
- 1½ oz vanilla vodka 45 ml
- 1 oz Fireball Cinnamon Whisky 30 ml, or another cinnamon whisky
- Ice
- Apple slices and a cinnamon stick for garnish
Instructions
- Mix the brown sugar and cinnamon on a small plate, breaking up any lumps. Pour a little apple juice onto a saucer.
- Dip just the top edge of the glass in the juice, press it into the sugar mix and turn to coat. Fill the glass with fresh ice.
- Fill a cocktail shaker three quarters full with ice. Add the apple juice, vanilla vodka and Fireball, and shake for 12 to 15 seconds, until the shaker is very cold.
- Strain into the glass over the fresh ice.
- Lay an apple slice across the rim with a cinnamon stick on top.
Notes
Pitcher for 8: stir together 3½ cups apple juice (840 ml), 1½ cups vanilla vodka (360 ml) and 1 cup Fireball (240 ml), and chill at least 4 hours or up to a day. Pour about 6 oz (180 ml) per glass over ice in rimmed glasses.
Fireball: use the bottle labeled Cinnamon Whisky. Fireball Cinnamon, made from malt or wine, is roughly half the strength.
Plain vodka works with 1 to 2 drops of vanilla extract added to the shaker.