Recipe: Homemade Bailey's

[dragonlady7]

This is a time-honored recipe and one which I was recently asked to repost what with the holidays coming up. So, while I've been combing through my recipe books to find recipes, I thought I'd put this one up too.

1 can sweetened condensed milk
8 oz half-and-half
8-10 oz whiskey (cheap is fine)
1 drop almond extract

Combine in blender. Store in refrigerator. Is actually tastier than Bailey's.

Recipe by Ange Giancarlo.

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In other news, got up this morning full of purpose, bent on packing and preparing. Took shower, felt very dizzy. Came and lay down in bed. Two hours went by and I slept, but was still dizzy. Got up, went downstairs and ate a slice of cold pizza, and drank about 1 qt of water. Am no longer very dizzy, but do have headache and feel very heavy. Am contemplating calling in sick to work. Except of course if I'm too sick to work, then I'm too sick to drive across the entire state by myself. I refuse to contemplate it being an either/or situation, because that is just wrong.

Z has saved the day by volunteering to take tomorrow off work. (They have Wed, Thu, & Fri off anyway.) He thinks perhaps he can actually do this. That would be awesome. Then it doesn't matter if I am dizzy and sick, and it doesn't matter if I have to go straight to work on Thanksgiving after 6 hours' driving. Except, of course, who will take over the dog-sitting?

*black foul mood redescends* Dammit.

Meanwhile it is already noon and I have not even begun on all the things I had to do today in order to be able to leave tonight.

Comments

[jennnlee.livejournal.com]

I like my Bailey's recipe better. It has chocolate syrup in it.

(I think I said this last year too)

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

If you did I don't remember-- I've never seen any other recipes for Bailey's.

I like to use chocolate syrup in the things i concoct that contain Bailey's, but I've never actually used it in the Bailey's itself.

[jennnlee.livejournal.com]

When I get home tonight I'll forward you the recipe I have. I want to say it has honey and chocolate syrup, but I'm not sure about the honey. It's not a lot of chocolate, just a tablespoon or two, if memory serves. Anyway, it's the recipe I got the year I got engaged to Morgan, and it's what we were sipping on in our coffee when he proposed, so it's got special meaning for me. :-)

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

Aw! That's really sweet.

Er, pun not actually intended. Or perhaps it was. I'm so confused.

[jennnlee.livejournal.com]

Unbelievably mushy story about getting engaged. (http://www.livejournal.com/users/jennnlee/65622.html#cutid1)

So yeah. Bailey's+coffee+Christmas Eve = mush.

the important stuff

[(Anonymous)]

But ... but what about the chocolate syrup?

- Z

Re: the important stuff

[jennnlee.livejournal.com]

It was in the Bailey's. Duh.

Re: the important stuff

[dragonlady7.livejournal.com]

Awwww. Mushy. (Sorry not to have replied earlier-- didn't get comment notification.)

I think it's funny that his mom had the sense to be like, "what if she says no?!" Although, since you'd discussed it beforehand... Still and all, if anyone ever proposed to me I'd rather it not be in the midst of other people, just because you don't want to be under pressure like that... Despite my exhibitionist tendencies I'm really kinda shy actually.

Siiiigh. Not that I need to worry about these things.


Don't worry, Z, we'll do taste-tests later. It'll be fun.