Leftover apple pie gets made over into the perfect Fall cocktail with our APPLE PIE BOURBON SMASH!
Last year we hosted Thanksgiving for my husband’s family. As someone who loves to cook – I was really excited to plan the menu and make all kinds of yummy stuff. So when my in-laws offered to bring a dish or two, I graciously declined. Well, it turned out that they brought two pies, in addition to the 3 that I made (I wanted some variety so I made a pumpkin, an apple, and a pecan). Let me tell you 5 pies for 7 people is a LOT of pie.
Needless to say, we had a ton of leftover pie at the end of the day! And I can only eat so much pie – so we had to get a little creative with the rest of it. Which brings me to this drink – apple pie and bourbon are a match made in heaven!
For this drink, I literally scooped out the filling from inside the apple pie (the crust may or may not have been eaten as I went), but you could also use canned apple pie filling to make this if you don’t have an apple pie laying around. The pie filling gets cooked with some water to be made into a syrup – then we mix that with our bourbon. It’s pretty simple to make!
Ingredients
For the Apple Pie Syrup
- ½ cup apple pie filling
- 1 ½ cups water
For the Cocktail
- ½ cup apple pie syrup
- 3 oz bourbon
- 1 ½ oz apple brandy
- ¼ cup ginger ale or sparkling water optional
Instructions
To make apple pie syrup
- In a small saucepan combine apple pie filling and water. Heat to a simmer over medium high heat, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and strain through a fine mesh sieve to remove apple pieces. Chill until ready to use.
To make a cocktail:
- Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Pour in apple pie syrup, bourbon and apple brandy. Shake until well chilled and strain into two ice filled glasses. Top each glass with ginger ale or sparkling water to fill, if desired. Stir gently to combine.
Notes
Nutrition
Have more Thanksgiving leftovers? Try using leftover cranberry sauce to make this Poinsettia Blossom Cocktail
Love cocktails with apple flavors (like me!)? Try this Apple Cider Cocktail
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