This was the magical drink that the grown-ups drank at big family parties. It's an alcoholic slushy with maraschino cherries...what's not for a kid to love and therefore beg for a sip? When I remembered this recipe in 2003 I always thought it was Aunt Dot's recipe. When I got the recipe it ends up she'd gotten it from Mom! This seems like such a '70s thing and I've always assumed it was from an ad for 7 Up or the Apricot Brandy Association or something like that...
a recipe from Aunt Dorothy via Mom
4 tea bags
2 cups sugar
frozen orange juice concentrate, 12 ounces
frozen lemonade concentrate, 12 ounces
2 1/2 cups apricot brandy (approximately half a 750ml bottle)
1) Make strong black tea (4 tea bags in two cups of boiling water) and set aside to cool.
2) Make a simple syrup by boiling together 7 cups of water and 2 cups of sugar
3) Mix together the tea and the syrup.
4) Mix together frozen orange juice concentrate and frozen lemonade concentrate.
5) Mix together the tea/syrup and the juice concentrate mixture.
6) Mix in apricot brandy
7) Freeze at least 24 hours.
To serve, mix 3-4 tablespoons with 7 Up and garnish with a cherry.
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