Advent Calendar Day 4

Today we're recreating one of my favorite calendar traditions and sharing holiday cocktails. 


photo from FastDrinkRecipes.comPost the recipe to your favorite holiday cocktail below and I'll randomly select three commenters to receive an audio book download of "The Boy Next Door" narrated by the always wonderful Kale Williams.

I discovered this particular cocktail last winter on Catalina Island. There's something sort of autumny about it, and maybe it would make a better Halloween drink than a Christmas drink, but whatever. It's what I'm drinking at the moment.

(You know what else I discovered last year? hot cocoa made with heavy cream, half and half and melted chocolate!!! You don't even need booze for that one--but a splash of brandy will not do it any harm!) 

Anyway, I digress.








Ingredients:
1 ounce vanilla-flavored vodka1 ounce sour apple schnapps1 ounce butterscotch schnapps 1 decorative squirt liquid caramel(optional 1 maraschino cherry UGH)


Directions:

Kind of self-explanatory, to be honest. ;-) 
Artfully squirt caramel in a martini glass.

Fill a shaker with ice. Pour in vanilla vodka, sour apple schnapps, and butterscotch schnapps. Cover the shaker and shake until chilled or you throw your back out; strain cocktail into prepared martini glass. Garnish with maraschino cherry IF YOU MUST.



This is a caramelappletinicupcake!!!! EVEN BETTER!?