Mojitos
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Recipe type: Drinks
 

Before mixing up mojitos, you need to make simple syrup. In a small sauce pan, mix equal parts sugar and water (1 cup of each lasts awhile). Stir & bring to a boil. Cool & store in a jar in the refrigerator for up to a month.
Ingredients
  • 1 shot light rum
  • 1 lime
  • 1 Tbsp. simple syrup
  • about a dozen mint leaves
  • ice
  • club soda

Instructions
  1. Mix up mint leaves & simple syrup in a tall glass until mint is bruised & fragrant.
  2. Squeeze in the lime, add the rum & ice & top off with club soda.
  3. Also delicious without the rum!