Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Gingersnaps Café au Lait

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Since I’ve shared with you my signature cocktail for the holiday season here, it’s only fair that I share a hot beverage with you to accompany your dessert at the end of your holiday feast.  Here you have it—Gingersnaps Café au Lait!

Gingersnaps Café au Lait

I thought my all time favorite hot beverage was a cup of coffee, with lots of cream.  That’s what helps me wake up every morning, anyways.  Well, I was wrong all along, so wrong.  Hm….maybe I should say, I just found my new favorite.  Smile  This Gingersnap Café au Lait will get you hooked. 

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This Gingersnaps Café au Lait is loaded with the warm spices from the ginger syrup.  The cinnamon is sweet and earthy, paired nicely with the ginger and liquorish-y star anise.  The milk is silky and sweet, go hand in hand with the strong coffee aroma.  It’s the best Holiday hot beverage you’ll ever had, I promised.  Yes, better than the hot apple cider, in my opinion.  This Gingersnaps Café au Lait is perfect with a few gingersnaps cookies for afternoon tea as well. I’ll post the cookies recipe in the near future.

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Thanks to Lauren from Healthy Delicious for the inspiration for this drink.  I’m submitting this post to Kitchen PLAY.  This month, Calphalon is sponsoring a wonderful giveaway at Kitchen PLAY. Simply recreate any one recipe from this month’s Progressive Party, post about the experience on your blog and provide a link to your post on Kitchen PLAY to enter.  All qualifying bloggers in each course will be entered to win a Calphalon Kitchen Electrics prize valued at $100 (6 prizes total).  The deadline is November 30, 2011. Please review the complete contest rules before entering. Good luck!

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Gingersnaps Café au Lait Printable Recipe
Serves 4
1/4 cup sugar
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
1/4 cup water
2-inch of fresh ginger, peeled and sliced
1 cinnamon stick
1 star anise
2 cloves
1/2 cup milk
4 cups freshly brewed strong coffee

In a small pot, heat the sugars, water, ginger slices, cinnamon, star anise and cloves over medium heat.  Bring to a simmer, stirring occasionally until the sugar is completely dissolved. Reduce heat to low and let mixture simmer for another 15 minutes.

Remove from heat, covered and let the syrup steep for 1 hour. Strain the syrup through a fine mesh sieve and discard the spices.  Transfer syrup to a bottle until ready to serve.

In a small pot, heat milk over low heat, until scaled and do not let it boil.  Combine the coffee, warmed milk, 4 tablespoons of gingerbread syrup, and divide between four glasses.  Top with whipped cream and enjoy with Gingersnaps cookies.


18 comments:

  1. Hi Amy,
    This looks so delicious, I would love one now. :) I also wanted to thank you so much for coming to foodepix.com to upload your gorgeous pictures. I look forward to all your posts.
    Thanks.

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  2. @Jo: Thank you for your sweet comment and your're very welcome. I love sharing my pictures and drooling over other submissions on your site. I sure will visit back to your site very often. :)

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  3. I need to come over to your place for this after dinner treat!

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  4. @Belinda: Come on over. I think food tastes better when it's shared. :)

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  5. This looks delicious! I'm not really into coffee (unless it's baked into a dessert :D) but I'd make these lattes just because they looks so yummy!

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  6. I love your picture set up! The cafe au lait sounds and looks like just what I need right now,
    Take care...

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  7. What an unique cafe au lait! Great clicks.

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  8. Oh boy! This is great because I've been looking for a good recipe for a coffee drink. Thanks for sharing!

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  9. Now this is a perfect coffee for a beautoful fall afternoon!

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  10. I love ginger, but have never tried it with coffee. This sounds (and looks!) delicious!

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  11. @ Valley Writer: If you love ginger, you've got to give this recipe a try. I'm sure you're going to love it. ;)

    Amy

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  12. This looks amazing! By the way, I made your candied walnuts recipe and posted it on my blog. I'm taking it to our Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow. :)

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  13. Oh my! That does look sooo amazing! And I love your photos that you take with each of your recipes! They are works of art! :o)

    Happy, happy Thanksgiving! So thankful to have met you through blogging!

    Blessings & Aloha!

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  14. Love the way you made this drink. Looks so irresistible. Thanks again for another great share.
    Kristy ((hugs))

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  15. Hi Amy,
    You brought this fabulous recipe to the right place, we will just love this Lait here at The Cottage. Hope you are having a great holiday week end. Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope you will come back soon!
    Miz Helen

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  16. Amy this is wonderful - and wishing you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving, I hope your holiday weekend is relaxing and filled with joy

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  17. I want one of these now! Thank you for posting the recipe :)

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  18. @ Kristy, Miz Helen, Mangiabella and Jen: Thank you all for your sweet comments and took the time to visit. Hope to see you again soon.

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