14 Dec 2012

Blogmas Day 3: Almond Gingerbread Latté + GIVEAWAY

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Today is a happy day! It’s the PREMIER DAY of the Hobbit movie!!! To say that I’m a Tolkien “fan” is an extreme understatement, so I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time. After our finals were all over yesterday, we geared up in our finest fan attire to go to the midnight showing!

I snapped some phone pictures and facebooked these from the theater:

We didn’t get home until after 3am, so needles to say that today that I was inspired to have today’s Blogmas recipe be something with caffeine!

On the 3rd day of Blogmas, your true love gives to you…

My new FAVORITE thing to do in the kitchen is make homemade lattés! There’s nothing like a delicious silky layer of foamy milk on top of a hot cup of coffee to make you feel good in the morning (or afternoon! or evening!).

I use almond milk and a mixture of spices to make this delicious drink, which means that it happens to be vegan! The gingerbread flavor is absolutely perfect for the holidays, and this recipe is so simple and easy.

 

Almond Gingerbread Latte

by Lauren

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Keywords: beverage Christmas winter

 

Ingredients

  • cup of your favorite coffee
  • 1/4 c. almond milk (or regular milk or cream)
  • 1/4 t. ground ginger
  • 1/4 t. ground cinnamon
  • 2 t. molasses
  • 3 t. brown sugar

Instructions

Brew your cup of coffee and stir in the ginger, cinnamon, molasses, and brown sugar until everything is well combined.

Heat the almond milk and froth to your desired consistency with a milk frother (you can use a blender if you don’t have a frother!). I like to froth mine until it triples in volume.

Gently pour the foamed milk over your coffee. Sprinkle with cinnamon to garnish if desired.

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The true secret behind this drink is not really the recipe, but the AMAZING kitchen gadget that I use to make it! And I’m thrilled to be giving one of these bad boys away to a lucky reader!

It’s an Ikea milk frother, a battery operated gizmo that will allow you to make amazing coffeehouse-style drinks from home. It makes a fantastic gift and I know that the winner will love it! How could you not love being able to make this from home?

To enter the giveaway, you can do any one (or all) of the following. Leave me a separate comment on this post for each thing that you do.

  • leave a comment on this post telling me what drink you would make if you won the frother!
  • follow me on Twitter (@lawfullyww) and tweet the following: “I just entered to win a milk frother in Lawfully Wedded Wife’s 12 Days of Blogmas! http://bit.ly/UY9mdE”
  • become a fan of my Facebook page and comment with your favorite holiday drink
  • follow Lawfully Wedded Wife on Google Reader
The giveaway will remain open until next Wednesday, December 19th at 11:59pm.

*Winner will be chosen using a random number generator. This giveaway is not sponsored or endorsed by Ikea in any way. I paid for the product with my own money and will personally send it to the winner.

Thanks for reading! Now go see The Hobbit! 🙂

-Lauren

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