Sprouts had beautiful and delicious blackberries ridiculously cheap so I decided to use some of them in the weekend's cocktails. Friday I made what sorta resembles the Blackberry Bourbon Smash. I used a sugar cube and lemon juice because I didn't have any plain simple syrup or limes. I muddled the sugar, lemon juice and blackberries together then added bourbon, crushed ice then topped with a craft soda I had handy cause I didn't want to open something else. I also didn't have mint, so there was no garnish or extra flavors. It was very tasty so I made myself a second one-cause that's what you do right?!
Yesterday I muddled the blackberries and topped with prosecco, it really didn't need anything else.
Today we Mary, Katie, Polly and I gathered at Karen's to bake lebkuchen and exchanged cookies. The holiday favorites were well represented with the candy cane cookies, orange balls, short bread snowflakes, orange spice cookies, spritz, oatmeal/cranberry, rugelach, gingerbread, hay stacks, chocolate bark, and M&M cookies.
While our family has always exchanged cookies during the holidays last year was our first year to bake the lebkuchen together.
Charlie also joined us this year and I think he enjoyed "shopping" for cookies to take home!
And as always there was great food and company.
