31 Days of Halloween: Day 4: Poisoned Apple Old Fashioned

With spooky season upon us, we decided to add a few beverage ideas to our 31 Days of Halloween posts. Today we have a Poisoned Apple Old Fashioned that we spotted from the folks at Half-Baked Harvest.

​Ingredients

• coarse sugar for the rim (optional)
• 1/4 cup apple cider
• juice from 1/2 a lemon
• dash of orange bitters
• 1 tablespoon apple butter
• 2 ounces bourbon
• ginger beer, for topping (optional)
• thinly sliced apples and cinnamon sticks, for garnish

Instructions
1. If desired, rim your glass with coarse sugar.
2. In a cocktail shaker, combine the apple cider, lemon juice, orange bitters, apple butter and bourbon. Shake to combine.
3. Strain into your prepared glass filled with ice. If desired top with ginger beer. Garnish with cinnamon sticks and apples. DRINK!