RECIPE

Vanilla Old-Fashioned

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Mas • New York City

"We use Madagascan or Tahitian vanilla beans in our cocktails," says co-owner Thomas Wilson. "They are extraordinarily expensive but really make the drink."

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  • ACTIVE:
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  • SERVINGS: makes 1 drink

Ingredients

  • Ingredients
    1. One 1-inch piece of vanilla bean, split
    2. One 1-inch piece of orange zest
    3. 1/4 ounce Simple Syrup
    4. 2 dashes of orange bitters
    5. 2 ounces bourbon
    6. Ice
    7. 1 orange wheel

Directions

  1. In a rocks glass, muddle the vanilla bean and orange zest with the Simple Syrup and bitters. Add the bourbon and ice, stir and garnish with the orange wheel.