Pitcher Punch
- Yield: 10 servings
At the end of a hot day, there's nothing better than Aunt Alice's Pitcher Punch to cool you down. I guarantee when you are hot and thirsty, there is nothing quite like it.
Ingredients
- 4cups water, divided
- 3-- tea bags
- 4-- lemons
- 1 1/2cups sugar
- 1dash salt
- 1/2teaspoon almond extract
- 1teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Boil 2 cups water and pour over tea bags in a glass container. Steep 20 minutes. Squeeze juice from lemons, reserving juice and rinds.
- In a large pot, bring remaining 2 cups water to a boil. Add lemon rinds to boiling water. Add sugar. Simmer until slightly thickened, about 10 minutes. Remove from heat and remove lemon rinds. Let cool.
- Squeeze and remove tea bags. Combine lemon-sugar syrup and tea. Strain reserved lemon juice and add to tea mixture along with vanilla, almond extract and salt. Mix well and refrigerate.
- To serve, pour 1/3 to 1/2 cup mixture over ice and top with about 1/2 cup of water. Yields 5 1/3 cups tea mixture.
Recipe by J.B. Robert, Murphy, N.C.
Nutritional Info *per serving
- Calories 130
- Glycemic Load 21
- Fat 0g
- Saturated Fat 0g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0g
- Cholesterol 0mg
- Sodium 35mg
- Potassium 70mg
- Carbohydrate 35g
- Fiber 2g
- Sugars 30g
- Protein 1g
- Trans Fat 0g
- Vitamin A 0%
- Vitamin C 60%
- Calcium 2%
- Iron 2%
