Green Tea Ginger Sparkler Food

GREEN TEA GINGER SPARKLER

Steps:

• Combine chopped ginger & tea concentrate while still hot & refrigerate for at least 3 hours.
• Strain & discard ginger.
• Combine ginger ale w/tea concentrate & pour into 4 ice-filled glasses. Enjoy!

ICED GINGER GREEN TEA

Steps:

• Put the green tea bags into a heatproof container and pour in 1 quart boiling water. Let steep until it comes to room temperature, about 1 hour. Remove the tea bags and discard.
• While the tea is steeping, in a saucepan over medium-high heat, bring 1 cup water, the sugar, and ginger to a boil. Stir to dissolve the sugar, remove from the heat, and allow to cool to room temperature, about 1 hour. Store the tea and ginger simple syrup in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
• To serve, fill glasses with ice and pour in the tea. Sweeten, to taste, with the ginger simple syrup. Garnish with a slice of ginger. For the adults, top each with 1/2 cup prosecco, if desired.

CRANBERRY SPARKLER

Steps:

• In a pitcher, mix all ingredients.
• Serve over ice and garnish with an orange wedge.

JASMINE GINGER SPARKLER

Steps:

• Combine ginger and tea concentrate while still hot and refrigerate for at least three hours.
• Strain and discard ginger.
• Pour concentrate and ginger ale into ice filled glasses.
• Makes 4 servings.
• * For recipes that call for tea concentrates: steep 12 tea bags in 4 cups of boiling water. Before removing, squeeze the tea bags to get all of the liquid. Cool the concentrate in the refrigerator at least 3 hours and keep up to 2 weeks.

GINGER SPARKLERS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 F.
• Mix together flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, ginger and cloves, and brown sugar in a large mixing bowl.
• Soften butter or margarine in microwave. Mix it together with molasses and eggs.
• Mix wet ingredients with dry ingredients. Dough will be very dense.
• Pick up tsp sized ball of dough and roll into a ball in your hands.
• Roll rounded ball into extra sugar to coat.
• Place balls of dough on baking sheet.
• Bake at 350 F for 15 minute Cookies may seem crisp when they come out of the oven, but once removed from cookie sheet and stored they should be soft.

GREEN TEA GINGER COOLER

Steps:

• Dissolve green tea powder into hot water.
• Pour over ice and stir to cool.
• Add ginger ale and honey to taste.
• Stir until combined.

GINGER TEA

Steps:

• Add ginger slices, grated ginger, and brown sugar to 4 to 5 cups water and bring to a boil in a saucepan for approximately 20 minutes. Strain and serve immediately.