Easy Apple Cider Cocktail

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2 ounces (4 tablespoons) bourbon

1 ounce (2 tablespoons) apple cider

1 ounce (2 tablespoons) sweet vermouth

1/2 ounce (1 tablespoon) lemon juice

1 dash orange bitters

For the garnish: Apple slices (optional), sprig of thyme

Combine the bourbon, cider, sweet vermouth and lemon juice in mixing glass and stir with ice. Strain it into cocktail glass.

Add a dash of orange bitters and garnish with apple slices (if desired, spritz them with a little lemon juice to prevent browning).

Walnut and Maple Old Fashioned

Ingredients

2 ounces bourbon
¼ ounce of pure maple syrup
3 dashes of walnut bitters
1 cup of ice
Cracked walnut (garnish)

Directions

Add all ingredients into mixing glass
Stir to chill and combine ingredients
Strain into serving glass over fresh ice
Garnish with cracked walnut

Pumpkin Spice Old Fashioned

Ingredients

1/2 ounce pumpkin syrup*
2 dashes orange bitters
1 orange wedge
2 ounces Breckenridge bourbon
1 splash club soda (optional)
Garnish: cinnamon stick

Steps

Add the pumpkin syrup, orange bitters and orange wedge into an Old Fashioned glass and muddle.

Add the bourbon, a large ice cube and a splash of club soda (optional), and stir gently with the cinnamon stick to combine.

*Pumpkin syrup: Add 1 cup water and 3/4 cup light brown sugar to a saucepan and simmer until the sugar dissolves. Turn the heat to low and whisk in 3 teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice and 1/3 cup pumpkin puree. Simmer on low for 8 minutes, remove from heat, and allow to cool. Strain through a fine-mesh strainer, add 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and store the syrup in the refrigerator in a container with a tightly fitting lid for up to 1 month.