Nothing says the holidays, like this tried and true recipe…

Ingredients

3 oz.       gin

½ oz.      dry vermouth

1 tsp.     peppermint schnapps

Candy canes for garnish

Directions

Pour the gin, dry vermouth and peppermint schnapps into a cocktail shaker half-filled with cracked ice. Shake well (don’t stir) and strain into a pre-chilled martini glass. Garnish with a candy cane and serve.

Note | To rim your martini glass with crushed candy, simply dip the martini glass in water then dip in a bowl of crushed candy canes.

From our Cini-Little Family Cookbook