Christmas Cookie Martini

It’s Day 9 of 12 Days of Christmas Cocktails!  Today I have a almond/orange flavored Christmas Cookie Martini to share.

Originally I planned to make a sugar cookie martini.  Instead, I came up with this martini, inspired by a cookie I made recently for a cookie roundup with The Bitten Word (check out their site…tons of holiday cookie recipes). My assigned cookie was a Pignoli Cookie and I loved the almond/orange flavor of the cookie, just wasn’t that thrilled with the outcome of the cookie itself.  So I thought, why not turn that wonderful flavor profile into a martini!

Here’s the cookies… pretty though, aren’t they?

Okay back to this drink. I bought a container of Baileys Sweet Italian Biscotti coffee creamer last week thinking I might be able to use it in a martini. I know it may sound weird, but flavored coffee creamers work well in martinis.  I used one last year in a Peppermint Mocha-tini that my girlfriends and I loved.  For this Christmas Cookie Martini I started with vodka, then added a bit of the creamer, some almond liqueur and orange liqueur.  To lighten the drink a bit I added a shot of club soda.  I’ve been doing that lately with these sweet, creamy drinks and like the result.

Maybe I should have called this a White Christmas Cookie Martini since it’s a white drink?  Doesn’t matter what it’s called, it will remind you of a delicious Christmas cookie!  And since I’m not baking any more cookies this year, I’ll drink this instead!