Lowcountry Lemonade

Total Time: 18 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 5 lemons, juiced
• 3 -4 cups ice water
• 2 ounces peach schnapps for every 6 oz lemonade
• one bunch fresh mint, rinsed and dried
• crushed ice

Recipe

• 1 first make the simple syrup by heating 3/4 cup sugar with 1 cup water in a small saucepan until sugar is completely dissolved. there's no need to boil, just stir to dissolve.
• 2 add the juice of five lemons to the simple syrup and pour the mixture into a pitcher. add 3 - 4 cups cold water.
• 3 stir in 8 - 10 ounces peach schnapps. refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
• 4 serve over crushed ice and garnish with fresh mint leaf.