#2609 - Lemonade Cookies

(by Shirley McNevich)

1/2 cup softened butter
1/2 cup Crisco shortening
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
3 cups flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 - 6oz. can Minute Maid frozen lemonade concentrate (thawed)
white sugar for sprinkling

In a mixer add butter and Crisco--beat. Add white sugar--beat. Add eggs--beat. Open the lemonade--take out 3 TBSP for later, then add remaining concentrate to the batter--beat. Add baking soda and salt--beat. Slowly add flour--beat. Drop by teaspoonfuls on to greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-10 minutes. In a bowl add reserved 3 TBSP of lemonade concentrate--stir until smooth. As you take cookies out of the oven, use a pastry brush to lightly brush lemonade concentrate on top of each cookie, then sprinkle a little white sugar on top of each cookie.

#738 - Cranberry Citrus Punch

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 can frozen cranberry juice
1 can frozen lemonade
1 can frozen limeade
2 liter Sprite
1 lemon
1 lime
frozen cranberries

In a punch bowl add the contents of the cranberry, lemonade, and limeade cans. Use one of the empty cans and add 3 cans of cold water--stir until mixed. Add about 1/2 of the Sprite bottle to start--stir. If too tart add more water. Add more soda as desired. Slice the lemon and lime and float on top. Add a few handfuls of the frozen cranberries as garnish.

#733 - Pineapple Citrus Punch

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 - 12oz. cans frozen lemonade
2 - 12oz. cans frozen orange juice
2 - 46oz. cans of pineapple juice (NOT frozen)
1 cup of white sugar
6 cups of water
2 liters ginger ale
1 lemon

In a large container add the frozen lemonade, frozen orange juice, pineapple juice, white sugar, and water--stir until well mixed. Pour mixture into containers and freeze for 12 hours. Remove from freezer, empty containers into a punch bowl and add enough ginger ale so that it is slushy when you stir it. Add more ginger ale as needed. Slice the lemon and float on top as garnish.

#502 - Citrus Punch

(by Pat Klase - friend)

2 - 46oz. cans Hawaiian Punch
1 can frozen Minute Maid lemonade concentrate (thawed)
1 can frozen Minute Maid limeade concentrate (thawed)
1 can frozen Minute Maid orange juice concentrate (thawed)
1 - 2 liter bottle Canada Dry ginger ale (more if you wish)
1 jar maraschino cherries (including the juice)

Chill the Hawaiian punch, cherries and ginger ale; thaw all other ingredients. Add all ingredients to a punch bowl EXCEPT the ginger ale--stir well. Add ginger ale and stir just before serving.

#388 - Strawberry Lemon Punch

(by Shirley McNevich)

1 1/2 cups fresh strawberries (or 1 - 10oz. package frozen strawberries partially thawed)
1 - 12oz. can frozen lemonade (partially thawed and NOT diluted with water)
1/2 cup white sugar
2 quarts of ice water
1/2 of a 2 liter bottle of 7Up soda

Put strawberries in blender and puree them. Add the frozen lemonade and sugar--mix well at medium speed. Add water and blend. Pour the mixture into a punch bowl. Add 7Up when you're ready to serve it and stir to mix.