The best way to get better is with a COLD REMEDY HOT TODDY! Plus it’s delicious and must tastier than cough syrup!

It’s cold and flu season! I get a killer head cold EVERY SINGLE WINTER. If I have to choose between drinking a cap-full of grape flavored cough syrup, or drinking this Cold Remedy Hot Toddy, I think you know what I’m choosing. Yes, Dimetapp seemed to taste pretty good as a kid, but this mix of whiskey, hot water, honey, ginger and lemon juice is just what the doctor ordered for all of us over the age of 21. It’s soothing, delicious, and super easy. I don’t recommend it as an actual cure, but it sure does seem to help.

Sometimes when I feel so sick and disgusting and lazy, and the only words being exchanged at our house are “bless you” and “leave me alone”,

This is the only drink that gets me through. This and a nice bowl of soup. You understand.

I’m no doctor, and I definitely don’t claim that this will take the place of real medicine, BUT I do think it will make you feel better. Or at least make you think you feel better? Being sick is no excuse for not enjoying yourself! In fact, this is a comforting cocktail whether or not you’re stricken with the winter cold and flu blues. We don’t discriminate.

Enjoy!

Becky Hardin - The Cookie Rookie

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Cold Remedy Hot Toddy

Inspired and adapted from food.com

5 Prep Time

5 Total Time

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Ingredients

• 2 ounces good quality whiskey or bourbon (Don't waste money on the bad stuff. You're sick! You deserve the best!)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons honey
• 4 ounces water
• 2 teaspoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 1 cube crystallized ginger (optional)
• 1 slice fresh lemon as garnish

Instructions

1. Mix together whiskey, water, and lemon juice in a microwave safe bowl.
2. Microwave for 1 minute, or until is is piping hot.
3. Stir in the honey and drop in the ginger if adding.
4. Garnish with lemon slice and enjoy, you and your cold deserve it!

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