Raspberry Mint Cooler

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 3 cups water
• 1 -1 1/2 cup chopped fresh mint
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 3 (10 ounce) packages frozen sweetened raspberries, thawed
• 2 1/4 cups lemonade concentrate
• 6 cups cold water
• crushed ice

Recipe

• 1 in a large saucepan, bring water, mint and sugar to a boil.
• 2 stir until sugar is dissolved.
• 3 remove from the heat; let stand for 5 minutes.
• 4 add the raspberries and the lemonade concentrate; gently mash raspberries.
• 5 line a strainer with four layers of cheesecloth; place over a 1-gal. container.
• 6 slowly pour raspberry mixture into strainer' and discard pulp and mint.
• 7 add cold water to the raspberry juice; stir well.
• 8 serve over ice.