Sandra Lee’s Winter Holiday Cocktails

Continue celebrating the New Year with more festive cocktails.

-Excerpted from the book, Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade Cocktail Time, by Sandra Lee, Copyright © 2009 SLSH Enterprises, Inc. sandralee.com

Snow Glacier Cocktail

Makes 1 drink

Ingredients:

Honey or corn syrup

Sweetened shredded coconut

1 ounce vodka, Smirnoff No. 21™

½  ounce passion fruit liqueur

¼  ounce orange liqueur, Grand Marnier®

1 cup ice cubes

Preparation:

Pour honey onto a plate. Place coconut on another plate. Dip the rim of a chilled glass into honey; dip in coconut. Set glass aside. In a blender, combine vodka, passion fruit liqueur, orange liqueur, and ice. Cover and blend until smooth. Pour into prepared glass.

Russian cream

Makes 1 drink

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons instant espresso powder, Medaglia D’Oro®

2 tablespoons hot water

1 ounce vanilla flavored vodka, Smirnoff®

½  ounce Irish cream liqueur, Baileys®

Preparation:

In a small bowl, stir espresso powder into the hot water until dissolved. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add espresso, vodka, and liqueur. Cover and shake vigorously. Strain into an ice-filled glass.

Sugarplum Rouge

Makes 6 drinks

Ingredients:

1 cup gin, Tanquerey®

6 tablespoons frozen lemonade concentrate

¼  cup sugar

1 teaspoon sugar-free peach gelatin powder

½  teaspoon unsweetened tropical punch mix

Tonic water

gumdrops

Preparation:

In a large pitcher, combine gin, lemonade concentrate, sugar, gelatin powder, and punch mix. Stir in 5 cups water. Serve in glasses. Add a splash of tonic water to each glass. Garnish with gumdrops.