Apple Toddy vintage cocktail recipe

Apple Toddy Recipe

The Apple Toddy is a vintage toddy recipe from Harry Johnson's New and Improved Bartender's Manual, Harry Johnson, 1882. The original wording is preserved here beside a modernized version for easier mixing.

Source: Harry Johnson's New and Improved Bartender's Manual, Harry Johnson, 1882 . Original wording preserved.

Original Recipe

Use small bar glass, 1 tablespoonful of sugar dissolved in a little water, 1 wine glass of brandy, one half of a baked apple. Fill the glass nearly full of boiling water, and grate nutmeg on top.

Modern Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon (15 ml) sugar
  • Water (to dissolve sugar)
  • 2 oz (60 ml) brandy
  • ½ baked apple
  • Boiling water

Instructions

Fill a glass with sugar dissolved in water, brandy, and a baked apple half. Fill the rest of the glass with boiling water, grate nutmeg on top, and serve.

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