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Homemade Spiced Marshmallows

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Homemade Marshmallows - Vanilla & Chinese Five Spice

It’s a fact, the holiday season turns my little sweet tooth into something major.  The sugary treats that I’ve thought about making all year come to fruition.  And my ordinarily blackest black coffee welcomes a little flavor, especially in the form of a homemade marshmallow.

Homemade Marshmallows

Homemade marshmallows are super duper easy and are a perfectly sweet canvas for holiday flavors. And since I’ve been incorporating Chinese five spice into everything these days, spiced marshmallows for Christmas coffee seemed like the way to go.

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Recipe below adapted from Martha Stewart.

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Cucumber Cocktail

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Cucumber Gin Cocktail

I made an accidental cocktail discovery last weekend.  Just as I was about to become annoyed with how much juice was going to waste when I was grating cucumbers for tzatziki, I spotted a bottle of gin out of the corner of my eye.  And the wheels started turning.

Mason Jar Cocktail Shaker

 

Cucumber juice was the missing piece to the puzzle of cocktail ingredients I already had on hand: gin, lemon juice, sugar, water.  I put these pieces together like a baker, using tablespoons instead of ounces. And with all my might {I don’t know how bartenders do it}, shook my cocktail shaker as hard as I could. Just enough cucumber flavor, a tad of tart, and a hint of sweetness, the result was an extra refreshing, Sunday Funday cocktail.

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