Spiced Pumpkin Old Fashioned

🧂 Ingredients

• 1 cup water
• 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
• ¼ cup pumpkin purée

  not pumpkin pie filling
• 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
• ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

  preferably freshly grated
• ½ teaspoon ground ginger
• ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
• ¼ teaspoon ground allspice
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 ounces bourbon
• ½ ounce pumpkin spice simple syrup
• 2-3 dashes orange bitters
• 1 large ice cube
• Cinnamon stick

  for garnish, optional
• Luxardo cherry

  for garnish, optional

Instructions

• 1 In a small saucepan, stir together the water, dark brown sugar, pumpkin purée,
  ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg, ground ginger, ground cloves and ground
  allspice. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium-high heat, stirring every so
  often to help dissolve the sugar.
• 2 When the mixture boils and the sugar dissolves, turn off the heat and stir in
  the vanilla extract.
• 3 Allow the mixture to steep for a minimum of 15 minutes.
• 4 Strain the syrup through a fine-mesh sieve over a shallow bowl in the sink. Stir
  the mixture in the fine-mesh sieve to help separate the syrup from the pumpkin
  purée. Let the mixture cool completely and then store in a sterile, airtight
  container in the refrigerator. Shake before using.
• 5 Add the bourbon, pumpkin spice simple syrup and bitters to an old fashioned
  glass.
• 6 Place a large ice cube in the glass. Using a bar spoon, stir the mixture to
  chill and slightly melt the ice, about 20 seconds.
• 7 If desired, garnish with a cinnamon stick and Luxardo cherry. Enjoy!

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