Sweet Iced Black Tea with Cream

Sweet Iced Black Tea with Cream

4 cups boiling water

8 tsp loose English Breakfast tea (or 8 tea bags)

1/2 cup sugar

Crushed ice, for serving

1/2 cup heavy cream

Pour water over tea and steep for 5-7 minutes.  Strain.  Bring tea and sugar to a boil in a saucepan.  Let cool.  To serve, pour 1/2 cup tea over crushed ice in 8 glasses and then top each with 1 Tbsp cream.

I have no clue where I found this recipe, but I'm glad I tried it!  This is delicious! 

Margaritas

Margaritas

6-oz frozen limeade concentrate

6-oz tequila

2-oz Grand Marnier

Crushed Ice

Kosher Salt

Lime wedges

Rub the rims of you margarita glasses with the lime and dip into the kosher salt. Fill your blender container about half full of crushed ice. Add the limeade, tequila and Grand Marnier and blend until smooth and slushy. Pour into the glasses, garnish with a lime wedge and serve.

These are SO good!

Jennifer's Wedding Sangria

Jennifer's Wedding Sangria!

1 1/2 cups blackberry brandy 

1 large can frozen lemonade concentrate 

1 1/2 cups pineapple orange juice

1 cup cranberry juice cocktail 

4 (750 milliliter) bottles merlot

1 cup triple sec 

1 lemon, sliced into rounds 

2 navel oranges, sliced into rounds 

1 lime, sliced into rounds

1 fresh pineapple, peeled, cored and sliced

1 pint fresh strawberries, hulled and halved 

1 cup white sugar 

Sprite or Club Soda(optional)

Combine all ingredients except the Sprite in a 3 gallon beverage dispenser (available at Bed Bath & Beyond...we bought the one with a cooling chamber so the ice doesn't dilute whatever you're serving!) Fill the dispenser chambers with ice and let the mixture stand for several hours before serving. Top each serving with a splash of Sprite if desired.

We served this at Jen's wedding rehearsal and it was really good! I preferred it with the Sprite. I liked it so well that I might just start mixing up a small pitcher and keeping it in my fridge :-)

For the record, I do not like wine...but this stuff is GOOD!!!

Adapted from the Sangria! Sangria! recipe at allrecipes.com

Hong Kong Style Milk Tea

Hong Kong Style Milk Tea

1 tea "bag" Lipton's Black Pearl tea

6-oz boiling water

2 tsp sweetened condensed milk

Place the tea "bag" in a mug and pour in the boiling water.  Let steep at least 4 minutes or until the tea is a dark color.  Remove the tea bag and stir in the sweetened condensed milk. 

Cinnamon Iced Coffee

Cinnamon Iced Coffee

Brew a pot of double-strength coffee, adding 1 tsp cinnamon to the coffee grounds. Chill at least 4 hours. To serve, pour cold coffee over crushed ice and add milk and sugar to taste. This is also really good with a shot of Kahlua!

Caramel Apple Cider

Caramel Apple Cider

1/6 cup firmly packed brown sugar

1/6 cup heavy whipping cream

1/2 tsp vanilla extract

2 cups apple juice, or apple cider

Pinch of cinnamon or a cinnamon stick to garnish

Stir together the brown sugar and whipping cream in a small saucepan.  Cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat until it starts to bubble.  Stir in vanilla and apple juice.  Cook 10 minutes, stirring often.  Garnish with a sprinkle of cinnamon or pop a cinnamon stick into each cup.

Serves 2.

This is a seriously delicious treat!  Tastes like apple pie in a mug!  I found the recipe at justapinch.com and I am so glad I tried it.  :-)

Butterscotch Bedtime Warmer

Butterscotch Bedtime Warmer

8 oz milk

2 oz butterscotch schnapps

1 tsp honey

Heat the milk in the microwave until warm (about 1 minute in mine!).  Add the butterscotch schnapps and the honey.  Stir, sip and enjoy.  This is my new favorite bedtime drink!  Very yummy!