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Spring-Infused Lemon Drop for #BrunchWeek #sponsor


Welcome to #BrunchWeek 2015! I'm doing something a little bit different this year; click to read about it: here. But before I launch into some international breakfast and brunch eats, I'm kicking off the week with a cocktail! Cheers!

Ingredients

Cocktail


To Serve

Procedure
Cocktail
Combine juice, liqueur, vodka and lemon extract in a glass pitcher, stir to combine. Chill for at least 2 hours, or as long as overnight.

To Serve
Mix vodka and lemon extract and pour into a shallow bowl. Mix together sugar and lemon zest in another bowl and spoon it into another shallow bowl. Invert glass into vodka mixture and dip into sugar mixture to rim the glass. Pour in 3 to 4 ounces of the cocktail. Enjoy!


What the #BrunchWeek Bloggers created for today...

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The Giveaway
Thanks to our amazing co-hostesses - Terri from Love and Confections and Shaina from Take A Bite Out Of Boca - we have an incredible list of sponsors and prizes. Thank you, thank you. 

To read about the generous sponsors, the outrageous prizes,
and to enter the giveaway: click here.

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Gratitude
*Thanks to Nielsen-Massey and Dixie Crystals for being #BrunchWeek sponsors and for providing ingredients used in this recipe! You may find Nielsen-Massey on the web, on twitter, on pinterest, and on facebook.


You may find Dixie Crystals on the web, on twitter, on pinterest, on instagram, on Google +, and on facebook.


Disclaimer: Thank you to #BrunchWeek Sponsors: Bob’s Red Mill, Cabot Creamery Cooperative, California Walnuts, Dixie Crystals, Grimmway Farms/Cal-Organic/True Juice, KitchenAid, Le Creuset, Nielsen-Massey Vanillas, Pacari Chocolate, Stonyfield Organic, Vidalia Onions, and Woot Froot for providing the prizes free of charge. These companies also provided the bloggers with samples and product to use for #BrunchWeek. All opinions are my own.


This recipe is intended for individuals ages 21 & up. Please drink responsibly.

Comments

  1. Such a fabulous lemon drop! A perfect cocktail to kick off Brunch Week!!!

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  2. Wow! so intrigued by the floral-infused vodka!!! love this!

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  3. Lovely Cam, sounds so light and refreshing. A perfect Spring Brunch drink.

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  4. Brunch always needs a good cocktail, cheers!

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  5. I don't drink anymore, Cam, but this makes me want to sit out on the back deck with something cool and relaxing!

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  6. I love a good lemon drop and the use of flowers makes it a perfect Mother's Day cocktail.

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  7. What a perfect drink to start off Brunch Week!!

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  8. That vodka sounds so cool! Thanks for participating Cam!

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