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aunt beru’s (grown up) blue milk // may the fourth be with you!

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aunt beru's blue milk | two red bowls

Happy Monday, friends!  How was your weekend?  I’m all fuzzy inside from a visit from my bridesmaids!  Our weekend was filled with squishy sofa chats, pork buns and hibiscus doughnuts, ramen and peach jelly sake (so weird but so great), and a lot of pretty dress-shopping — so, pretty much the best low-key bachelorette I could have asked for.  I’m all emotional about it, and so thankful for the sweetest friends.

So I’m a little bleary at the moment from an overdose of happy, but I just had to pop in today for a mini post to celebrate a holiday that just can’t go unmentioned. Today (in addition to being my mother’s birthday) is May the Fourth!  B2 and I came across this brilliantest of Kitchn articles a few weeks ago and, feeling manic and inspired, ran out to the corner liquor store just before it closed on a quiet night, splurged on some specialty liqueurs and an imposing handle of electric blue Curaçao, and shook up a couple tumblers of Aunt Beru’s signature drink.  I’m not much of a mixologist, but a slightly adapted version of this recipe was a home run for us — the Curaçao and milk make the drink taste like a grown-up (bantha) Creamsicle.  You can find us on the couch tonight, sipping these and enjoying the original trilogy — in other words, the best way to recover from our respective bachelor/ette celebrations.  May the Fourth be with you!

P.S. Yes, that is an R2-D2 that breaks down into a set of real, actual measuring cups — also known as the best Christmas present ever to be given or gotten in the history of things. Thank you, B2-D2.

aunt beru's blue milk | two red bowls
aunt beru's blue milk | two red bowls

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Aunt Beru’s Blue Milk

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Adapted from Castles and Cooks. The Curaçao and the milk give this a kind of “Creamsicle” flavor. We omitted the coconut rum and added a touch of vanilla to up the Creamsicle-ness, but feel free to play around with it as you like.

  • Yield: serves 2. 1x

Ingredients

Scale
  • 4 oz milk
  • 1 1/2 oz cream
  • 1 oz amaretto
  • 3 oz blue Curaçao
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (optional)

Instructions

  1. Combine all ingredients in a shaker with ice and shake for 20-30 seconds until chilled. Serve in a chilled glass and enjoy immediately! Womp rat target practice following consumption is ill-advised.

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  1. Erica

    This post is just about the cutest thing I could have read at 7:30 in the morning – it sounds like you had a wonderful bachelorette get together! And I love that R2D2 measuring set, may the fourth be with you!

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  3. themoonblushbaker

    When I first say this on your feed I instantly though this would make a great tres leche cake! A very blue cake but delicious all the same. May the Fourth be with you too!

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    • tworedbowls

      OH MY GOSH BELINDA. That could NOT be more genius and I’m officially obsessed! That needs to be made STAT. You rock!!!

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    • tworedbowls

      Ha! That intense blueyness of the Curacao is definitely a little scary. (Obviously 100% all-natural, of course.)

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    • tworedbowls

      Bahahah I’m not gonna lie, it kind of freaks me out!!! Soooo let’s maybe not be drinking this every day like Beru and Owen.

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    • tworedbowls

      HAHA YAY I’m so glad someone else is as excited about this as we were!!! (B2 = SO excited about it! hahaha.) Thanks for being so sweet always, Alana!!!

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  8. Katie @ Butterlust

    So, I’ll be the first to admit that I haven’t seen Star Wars since I was a kid so most of the post is a little over my head but I think I could get on board with May the Fourth based solely on that intoxicating shade of blue! I’m absolutely mesmerized by it, I can’t stop staring at my screen! Of course, half of the credit goes to your boss photography skills! I think this is where I say, May the Fourth be with you!! 😉 Have a great week!

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  9. Eliza

    This type of recipe is something that you see once in a blue moon. I love the idea of combining Curaçao and cream. May the fourth be with you (and B2-D2)! 🙂

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  12. kaleandcaramel

    Love love love! I want to have a squishy sofa moment with one of these in my hand, please. Absolutely perfect. May the Fourth be with you!

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  13. sundiegoeats

    SO blue! Just started watching the original Star Wars trilogy, bf was upset I had only seen the apparently terrible new ones. Will eventually get the Aunt Beru reference I suppose… 🙂

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  14. stephanie

    these photos are SO SO vibrant! may the 4th be with you. also, mike and i had a whole conversation about punny star wars foods we could make, like obi wan cannoli heehee

    ps- so happy we got to hang out irl!!! and also so happy you had an awesome time with your girls 😀
    pps- heehee b2-d2

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  18. chockywoky

    Oh sweet lawd. This is just so, incredibly, utterly cool. BLUE MILK AHHHH. I wonder if my two year old cousin would like this *devilish emoji face*

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  21. Betty | le Jus d'Orange

    Aww, this is so cute. Hehe, May the Fourth. I repeated that to my husband and he looked at me like I was crazy. Well, HE’S THE CRAZY ONE. So glad you had a good bachelorette party :). Low-key ones filled with food and laughter = the best.

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  22. Ellie@fitforthesoul

    Hehehe yesterday I heard someone on Christian radio saying, “are you ready for this? Stay with me…may the fourth be with you” *face palm* haha! But this is so adorable, and I’m so glad too that you had an amazing time with your girls~it’s seriously one of the best feelings to have women you can call your confidantes in life. *hug*!

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  25. Brooke Bass

    Ah I kept waiting for a post to come out of that IG photo! This is both awesome and beautiful. I swear, only you could make blue curaçao look this stunning!

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  26. D.

    Wow! Just found your blog two days ago and I’m enjoying going through your posts! Awesome photography, stories, and style!

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