Apple Bourbon Cocktail with Apple Butter
This cozy apple bourbon cocktail is made with apple butter, bourbon and a hint of maple. This will be your new favorite autumn happy hour drink.
Servings 1 cocktail
Ingredients
- 2 oz bourbon
- 2 oz apple juice
- ½ oz fresh lemon juice
- ½ oz maple syrup
- 1 tbsp apple butter
- Brown Sugar optional, for rimming your cocktail glass
- Cinnamon stick for garnish
- Fresh orange or lemon peel for garnish
Instructions
- (Optional) To rim your glass: Moisten your glass a bit with lemon juice and dip into the brown sugar lightly.
- In a cocktail shaker add bourbon, apple juice, fresh lemon juice, maple syrup, and apple butter.
- Add two scoops of ice. Seal the shaker and shake until the shaker is very cold and frosty.
- Strain into a rocks glass filled with fresh ice. Garnish with a cinnamon stick and an orange or lemon peel.