It's easy to make your own schnapps for Christmas! Serve schnapps flavored with Christmas orange, saffron, cinnamon or other nostalgic flavors with our simple recipes below. Since it's easy to flavor schnapps, being creative pays off. There are also recipes for non-alcoholic schnapps for the family members who don't drink.
1. Schnapps with essence of Christmas orange
Who doesn't love the scent of a festive pomander? This aquavit/spirit infusion with orange, clove and cinnamon tastes as good as pomanders smell! We recommend organic oranges because their peel is not sprayed. The recipe yields about 500-700 ml of schnapps.
Ingredients
- 500-750 ml any spirit
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 1 piece of ginger
- 3-4 cloves
- Orange peel from ½ orange
How to
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Choose a nice glass bottle for serving.
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Place 2 cinnamon sticks, 1 piece of ginger, 3 or 4 cloves and ½ orange peel in the bottle.
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Pour in any spirit (at least 500 ml) into the bottle using a funnel.
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Let chill for at least one day.
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Serve well chilled.
The bottle can be kept in the freezer without any problem. Serve and carry your schnapps with a unique mason ladle with a bell!
2. Ginger shot with cinnamon as this year’s non-alcoholic Christmas schnapps
Schnapps and drinking songs are a tradition at the Christmas table that everyone should be able to join — even those who don't drink alcohol. For them we have this ginger shot recipe to take instead, which is also said to be very healthy! If you add a cinnamon stick during preparation you get a festive touch and make an already healthy drink even more refreshing! The recipe yields 500 ml of schnapps.
Ingredients
- 5 dl water
- 200 grams ginger
- 2 lemons
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1 teaspoon honey (optional)
How to
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Peel and grate the ginger carefully.
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Halve and squeeze the juice from the lemons into a container.
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Pour the water into a saucepan together with the ginger and the cinnamon stick on low heat for about 20 minutes (not boiling).
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Strain off the liquid and add the lemon juice.
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Add optional ingredients.
Place a bottle with the ginger shot on the Christmas table so those who don't drink alcohol can also join in when singing 'Hej Tomtegubbar'! Tip! Use a citrus press from Dorre to easily squeeze the juice from your citrus.
This non-alcoholic schnapps is intended for Christmas but we also have a recipe that is suitable for Midsummer.
3. Citrus and saffron schnapps with a festive touch
Saffron is a Christmas classic that can make the schnapps reminiscent of saffron buns. This is a simple recipe that can spice up your Christmas aquavit or vodka. Remember to wash both lemon and orange peels thoroughly or buy organic. The recipe yields about 500-700 ml of schnapps.
Ingredients
- 500-750 ml aquavit or vodka
- Peel from 1 lemon
- Peel from 1 orange
- 2 packets saffron (1 gram total)
How to
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Peel the lemon and orange and clean thoroughly. Place the peels in any container.
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Pour the spirit into the container.
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Add the saffron and mix lightly. Let stand overnight.
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Strain the liquid with a coffee filter and funnel and pour into a bottle of your choice. Store chilled.
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Add fresh peels before serving.
For your outdoor Christmas fika with schnapps, bring along our Benny Schnapps Mug.
4. Christmas schnapps with fir and lingonberry
Our final recipe consists of fir and lingonberry in vodka or aquavit which gives a foresty and natural flavor that also looks nice simply displayed on the table.
Recipe
- 350-500 ml vodka or aquavit
- 1 dl lingonberries
- A sprig of fir
How to
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Place lingonberries and a fir sprig in any container. Add the spirit.
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Let stand for 3-4 days.
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Strain away about half of the lingonberries.
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Serve in a bottle.
Feel free to keep the fir sprig or replace it with a fresh one to give the bottle a unique look and a possible prickly surprise for uncle at the Christmas table!
All our Christmas schnapps recipes are very flexible and can be adjusted depending on how much spirit or flavor you want. Explore and try for yourself!
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