Only two ingredients and time are required for this deliciously spicy sweet Cinnamon Heart Imperial Liqueur. It’s the perfect sipping drink for cinnamon lovers.
This week for Sunday FunDay, I am hosting and since everyone’s favorite holiday of the year is February 15th, Valentine’s Candy Discount Day, I proposed that we share recipes using leftover and/or discounted V Day candy.
I’m not a big candy eater so I did wait for 50 percent off to purchase these cinnamon heart imperials expressly to make this liqueur. I had in mind something in the schnapps family and that’s exactly how this turned out.
It would be lovely après-ski for those of you so lucky as to do that but it would be equally as welcome snuggled up on a couch at home. No fireplace? Plenty of fire videos to watch on YouTube, complete with roar and crackle. We have a couple of favorites we put on our television during the Christmas holidays. Such fun!
Cinnamon Heart Imperial Liqueur
While you don’t have to use the most expensive vodka, I do recommend you choose one that is decent, not the cheapest rotgut on the shelf.
Ingredients
1/2 cup or 115g cinnamon heart candies
1 1/2 cups or 360ml decent vodka
Method
Add the candy to a quart jar. Pour in the vodka and put the lid on.
Give it a good shake then it let sit for a couple days.
A couple of times of day pick up the jar and swish the mixture around helping it to dissolve. On day two, I had just a small clump left which I dislodged with a knife.
By the next day, it was gone.
Once the candy is completely dissolved, the final step is to strain it to get rid of any sediment and the cloudy white stuff on the top.
I pry a double-ply paper towel into its two parts and use a single-ply. If you have paper coffee filters, those would work too or several layers of cheesecloth.
As you can see, there was some sediment so this is a worthwhile step!
Store the liqueur in a clean jar. Serve neat or over ice. It’s also really good in hot chocolate!
Cheers!
It’s Sunday FunDay and as I mentioned above, today we are sharing recipes made with leftover or discounted Valentine’s Day candy. Check out the links below.
- A Sweet-Cuterie Platter + Cupid's Blend Cookies from Culinary Cam
- Cinnamon Heart Imperial Liqueur from Food Lust People Love
- Double Chocolate Caramel Stuffed Cookies from Amy's Cooking Adventures
- Leftover Chocolate Cake Shake from Sneha's Recipe
- Peppermint Patty Brownie Bites from Karen's Kitchen Stories
- VORP from A Day in the Life on the Farm
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