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Holiday Coffee Liquor

Recipe By Karen Barris Calabro
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Published Jun 19th
Prep 10m Cook - Additional 20m Ready In 30m
Servings 5 pints Calories 51.9

One of our town’s ancient citizens, Mabel Hill, passed away recently, but thanks to her grandniece, I was able to obtain her famous ‘Kahlua®’ recipe. For over 70 years, Hollis, New Hampshire people have been enjoying this holiday beverage! There is a scant amount more than the 5 pints, which I save for baking or to throw in my cocktail while making it.

Recipe Ingredients

  • 4 cups boiling water
  • 4 cups white sugar
  • 2 cups vodka
  • ⅓ cup instant coffee powder
  • 3 tablespoons vanilla extract

Cooking Directions

  1. 1 Stir water, sugar, vodka, coffee, and vanilla extract together in a large bowl or pitcher until sugar is completely dissolved. Cool.

Nutrition Facts

  • Calories 51.9
  • Carbohydrate 9.7 g
  • Sodium 0.6 mg
  • Sugar 9.6 g
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Reviews

  1. Mirta La Berge May 22, 2020 06:23 AM
    It came out delicious! Will make again for holidays!
  2. Jessica Mar 30, 2020 05:03 AM
    Better than store-bought!
  3. fsharp Jul 12, 2019 05:34 AM
    This is easier than some recipes that require aging before use. I needed coffee liquor for iced coffee. It was delicious mixed with cream and coffee.
  4. Beth Nov 28, 2013 03:43 AM
    My daughter and I wanted to try something different for a gift so when we came across this recipe we just had to try it. The ingredients were simple and the recipe was very easy to follow. We halved the recipe and it turned out amazing! We will definitely be making this again.
  5. Elsie Brown Nov 22, 2013 10:06 PM
    Made this for an 80 yr old great-aunt for Christmas, she called the end of January for a refill because she had 'sucked it all up'. For those who cannot have caffeine in the evening; use decaf instant coffee, you cannot taste the difference.
  6. ReneePaj Nov 1, 2013 09:22 PM
    Simple and wonderful! I halved the recipe and used vanilla flavored vodka. Would make an amazing gift!

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