Posted by Anne Elliot in My standard MO on any given holiday is to start drinking before my family arrives. I continue to drink while cooking and throughout dinner. This makes it much easier to tolerate the drama queens, pervy uncles, my mother’s boyfriend (Du Jour) and the gaggle of screaming children. So, in the spirit of giving I’m sharing one of the family’s favorite holiday cocktails! This yummy frozen cocktail is for suitable for any holiday, but be warned, you might have to tell the relatives you ran out of the stuff or they might never leave!
Brandy Slush
Ingredients
7 cups water
1 cup sugar
1 12 oz. can frozen lemonade
1 12 oz. can frozen orange juice
2 cups water
4 tea bags
2 cups brandy
Take frozen lemonade and orange juice out to thaw. This makes life much easier later when you have to mix all ingredients together.
Heat 7 cups water with 1 cup sugar over medium heat until sugar is dissolved. Set aside to cool.
Make a strong tea with the other 2 cups of water and tea bags. Let cool.
In a large freezer container, combine sugar/water, tea, lemonade concentrate, orange juice concentrate, and brandy together. Freeze for 24 hours and serve with orange or lemon slice garnish.
O..MY. All these years I thought you were just happy to see me on the holidays, but you were just drunk!!! and you didn’t share. That’s ok, I down some happy pills on the drive in, and I don’t share.
One person on happy pills is enough, please just bring giant straw and we will share bottle!
My ex-in-laws used to make this except they used Bourbon instead of Brandy. My mother-in-law was a horror, so for 9 years of the marriage I would start every holiday with a breakfast smoothie made with this and some yogurt and just keep going!
My sister-in-law would call from the car on the way to our house to ensure that I had her glass poured when she arrived and she and I would get drunk in order to cope with her mother. Sad…but true!
MMMM..sounds good. Wish I could use it to make it through the holidays.