Life Is Good In The South

I went fishing one morning but after a short time I ran out of worms.

Then I saw a cottonmouth with a frog in his mouth. "Frogs are good bass bait," I said to myself.

Knowing the snake couldn't bite me with the frog in his mouth, I grabbed him right behind the head, took the frog, and put it in my bait bucket.

Now the dilemma was how to release the snake without getting bit. So, I grabbed my bottle of Jack Daniel's and poured a little whiskey in its mouth. His eyes rolled back and he went limp.
I released back him into the lake without
incident and carried on fishing using the frog.

A little later, I felt a nudge on my foot. There was that damn snake, with two more frogs.

Life is good in the South.

Irish Iced Coffee

This is my favorite treat on St. Patrick's Day, but it makes a delicious after dinner dessert drink, for every occasion!

Ingredients:

2 oz. strong cold-brew coffee
2 oz. stout (I prefer Guinness)
1½ oz. Irish whiskey
¾ oz. simple syrup
1/2 ounce heavy cream
Freshly grated cinnamon stick

1.  Mix coffee, stout, whiskey, and simple syrup in a tall glass.

2.  Add ice to fill.

3.  Gently pour in cream so it gradually sinks into coffee

4.  Sprinkle with cinnamon.

Whiskey Cupcakes

Ingredients:

2 cups all purpose flour
3/4 cup cocoa powder
2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. kosher salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup strong coffee
1/2 cup Jack Daniels Whiskey
1 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup vegetable oil

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.

In a large bowl, stir the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In a separate bowl, combine the eggs, coffee, whiskey, buttermilk and oil. Pour the egg mixture into the flour mixture and whisk until smooth. Spoon the mixture into prepared cupcake wrappers.

Bake for about 18-20 minutes until the tops spring back when lightly pressed. Cool completely and then frost!