Barbara Oh Barbara

Barbara Stanwyck is a iconic actor from the 30s and 40s whose characters varied in different portrayals of modern women. Her characters still slap which is why every Christmas I find myself watching her movie Christmas in Connecticut and having a good giggle. In honor of her, I have created a few cocktails that I think you should try at your next cocktail hour. I find pairing them with the movie even better.

Connecticut is nice at Christmas

gin martini

Ingredients

2 oz Gin

1 oz Ginger liqueur

1 oz Orange juice

3/4 oz Cranberry juice cocktail

Garnish: orange peel

Recipe: in a cocktail shaker, pour all ingredients. Shake until cold. Pour into a chilled coupe glass. Garnish with an orange peel.

I’m Mrs. Carroll, who are you?

Vodka cocktail

Ingredients

2 oz Cherry vodka

1 oz Grand Marnier

1 oz Lime juice

1/2 oz Simple syrup

Garnish: luxardo cherry

Recipe: in a shaker with ice, pour all ingredients. Shake until cold. Pour into a chilled martini glass. Garnish with a luxardo cherry.

Ring of Fire 🔥 around me

Whiskey cocktail

Ingredients

2 oz Bourbon whiskey

1 oz Blood orange liqueur

1 oz Blood orange juice

3 dashes of Fire bitters

1 Sugar cube

Garnish: Blood Orange Slice

Recipe: In a shaker with ice, pour bourbon whiskey, blood orange liqueur, and blood orange juice. Shake until cold. In an old fashioned glass, muddle a sugar cube and fire bitters. Pour from shaker, and add a large ice cube. Garnish with a blood orange slice.

So go enjoy a Stanwyck movie marathon with a few cocktails and celebrate the actress who always inspired to have a sense of humor with your sexiness.