For the child in all of us, pairing whisky with cookies is usually a scrumptious mixture that highlights the very best flavors of every. Or you’ll be able to take pleasure in a liquid model of a dessert with the Powerful Cookie, created by San Francisco-based mixologist Heather Hoffman. This playful, buttery, spiced cocktail is one thing solely these with mature tastes can actually savor. It blends caramel shortbread cookies with a touch of espresso and a whisper of mild peat smoke.
The cocktail is a tribute to Hoffman’s visits to her grandparents within the Midwest. “They had been actually the epitome of cool—a pair whose heat and allure left a long-lasting impression,” she says. “I discover myself reflecting on cherished recollections of hopping on a airplane again house to collect with them by the crackling fireplace.”
Irrespective of your relationship along with your elders, this cozy cocktail might a minimum of take you again to easier instances.
The Powerful Cookie
- 1 1/2 oz. Highland Park 12 12 months previous (or different flippantly peated single malt scotch)
- 1 1/2 oz. chilly brew espresso
- 1/2 oz. Biscoff cookie butter
- 1/2 oz. easy syrup
- Salted cream and Biscoff cookie crumbles for garnish
Add all components to a shaker tin with ice and shake effectively for 15 seconds. Pressure right into a highball over clear dice ice. Garnish with salted cream and cookie crumbles.
