Here are a few easy cocktail recipes for breakfast or anytime you feel like a nice libation. Coldbrew coffee can make a great mixer for a morning pick-me-up, but if you’re not a coffee person, then root beer will do in a pinch. Check out the video for quick and easy cocktail ideas, and look a bit farther below for tips on making coldbrew coffee at home.
Easy Cocktail Recipes
COLDBREW COFFEE COCKTAIL 6oz Coldbrew Coffee 1oz Vodka 1oz Irish Cream …also add a splash of half ‘n half if you like
ROOTBEER FLOAT COCKTAIL 4-5oz Rootbeer 1oz Vodka 1oz Irish Cream …also add a splash of half ‘n half if you like
Coffee ice cubes are ideal for cold coffee cocktail recipes.
MIMOSA: equal parts chilled Champagne and orange juice
SCREWDRIVER: 1-2oz Vodka to 5oz Orange Juice
GREYHOUND: 1-2oz Vodka to 5oz Grapefruit Juice
BLOODY MARY: 2oz Vodka 4oz Tomato Juice Lemon Juice …and then just a little bit of everything else in your refrigerator
SHOT OF JAMESON: shot of Jameson
Want to Know How to Make Coldbrew Coffee?
What You Need To Make Cold Brew Coffee
COFFEE …Buy whole beans and grind them at home, fresh-ground coffee makes all the difference. WATER …We use cold tap water, ’cause we’re savages (I mean eco-friendly / cheap) TIME …This is the hardest part, allow at least 12-24 hours. My wife prefers 36 hours…it’s pretty subjective.
cold brew for the best iced coffee
How to Make Cold Brew Coffee for the Best Iced Coffee
Use your favorite coffee beans. Shop around. Experiment. The beans make all the difference. Buy whole beans and grind them fresh at home. Grind the beans coarsley. Place the ground beans in a sealable pitcher or jar and add water. We like a ratio of 1½ cups whole beans to 4 cups water, but experiment and adjust to your taste…nothing is more subjective than a cup of coffee. Stir. Seal the container and place in the refrigerator for 12 to 24 hours (or more, if you like). When the time is up, simply strain the mixture through a coffee filter and it’s ready to drink. Make multiple batches of cold brew coffee at one time, then you won’t have to wait. Make extra batches of cold brew for coffee ice cubes: just pour coffee into an ice tray and freeze it…coffee ice cubes are fantastic for iced-coffee …it’ll keep the coffee chill without diluting the flavor.
Why Cold Brew?
Cold brew coffee is super smooth, and can be less acidic than coffee brewed hot, so it might be a better choice for sensitive tummies.
Cold brew stays fresher longer than hot brewed coffee, so you can make bigger batches at a time without the coffee growing old and stale to taste.
It’ll put pep in your step.
Give cold brew coffee a try and let me know what you think, and bon appétit!
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Why have Plain French Toast when you can have French Toast with a cream cheese filling? A little creamy cheese and cinnamon ginger apples can transform your breakfast into a 10-year old’s dream breakfast.
French Toast Ingredients:
BREAD (sliced, stale) 1½ cups MILK 4 EGGS BUTTER for frying, and apples APPLES (peeled, sliced) CANDIED GINGER (sliced) WALNUTS (toasted) 8 oz CREAM CHEESE (soft) 15 oz RICOTTA CHEESE CINNAMON (to taste) optional: sugar and vanilla
Stale bread makes the best french toast! –slice ahead of time!
French Toast Directions:
Stale bread makes great French toast, so slicing bread ahead of time is a great idea; at least a few hours ahead of time, but ideally overnight. Stale bread will soak up the French toast batter without becoming overly soggy and falling apart, especially if you’re using thinner slices of bread, and the thinner or thicker the slices will depend on your particular tastes. This French toast recipe doesn’t need thicker slices, since you’re basically building a French toast sandwich; I’m using thicker slices of challa bread for this video, but I often use regular slices of Hawaiian sweet bread, which works great.
Mix the cream cheese and ricotta cheese together. Be sure to set your cream cheese out ahead of time to soften, this will make mixing it with the ricotta cheese much easier. I’ll often mix these ingredients ahead of time. If making a smaller amount, the cheese mix is about a 2 to 1 ratio of ricotta to cream cheese. I sometimes add a tsp. or two of sugar to the cheese mix, but this is optional; I prefer it without the added sugar, since the apple mix will be quite sweet.
Any leftover cream/ricotta mix can be used as dessert topping, and makes a tasty filling for omelets. I generally make too much apple mix, but that’s a good thing, too. I’m generous with the apple topping, and any leftover apple mix is a perfect topping for oatmeal or ice cream.
Creamy cheese filled French Toast
To make the apple mix, peel, slice, and remove the cores of the apples. Apples vary quite a bit in size, but I usually end up with about 4-6 cups of apple slices, and I generally use gala or Fuji apples, which take little time to cook down.
Melt about 2 Tbsp of butter in a pot and add apples. Mix with butter and cook over medium heat. Add candied ginger slices; I think ½ to 1 cup is a good amount of candied ginger, but there is no wrong amount, follow your gut. Add 1-2 Tbsp of sugar and cinnamon to taste, Mix and cover and cook about 20 minutes, until apples soften and get juicy. For extra liquidy goodness, stir in about ¼ cup water. You want the apples to be a little syrupy, that way you won’t have to use any maple syrup with the French toast. Once the apples are cooked to your liking, cover and set aside.
Mix the French toast batter. A basic batter is eggs and milk, and I’m also adding cinnamon, but often folks will add a little sugar or vanilla extract. I don’t add vanilla or sugar to the batter with this particular dish, because the creamy cheese center and apple-ginger topping will add more than enough flavor. In a bowl, combine the milk, eggs, and cinnamon to taste (½ tsp is a good amount). Whisk together well and then pour some into a shallow bowl–or all–it depend on the size of your shallow bowl; you don’t want the batter to be so deep that it runs into the cheesy part of your French toast sandwich.
To build the French toast sandwich, simply spread the cheese mixture onto a slice of bread and top with another slice, making a basic cheese sandwich.
You can also add toasted walnuts into the sandwich for a nice crunch, or simply top the toast later with toasted nuts, but definitely add nuts at some point, cause the crunchy contrast makes the dish perfect, and toasted walnuts are awesome. To toast the walnuts: spread walnuts on a baking sheet and roast at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 5-7 minutes. It won’t take long. As soon as the nuts begin to color up, remove them from the oven; they will burn if ignored, so set a timer and watch them closely. Taking the time to toast the walnuts is well worth the effort…it’s a great taste.
Once you’ve constructed the cheesy French toast sandwich, heat a little butter in a non-stick skillet on medium heat. Check current prices for a Non-Stick Skillet on Amazon. Place the sandwich in the batter and let soak a moment and then turn and batter the other side. Place sandwich in the skillet and cook on medium heat until golden brown, turn and cook other side and remove from the heat. Slice French toast and then top with apples and walnuts (a dusting of powdered sugar is optional). For a splash of color, add fresh berries or mint.
Serve this cheese stuffed French toast with maple syrup, or without–I find the cooked apples to be syrupy enough, and the warm cheesy center keeps the French toast from being too dry.
It’s a super delicious dish and a great treat for company.
Give this fancy pants Cream Cheese French Toast recipe a try and let me know what you think, and bon appétit!
And for another fancy pants breakfast dish, try this Pancake Recipe.
Fancy pancakes are easy to make, and better looking, too.
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