ANOTHER RECIPE FROM "SANDY'S RECIPE ROOM"
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Bourbon Sunrise
(From Southern Living Recipes)

Ingredients

1/2 cup water

1 cup sugar

2 large navel oranges, sliced

1-1/2 cups bourbon

1 (10-ounce) jar maraschino cherries with stems, undrained

Directions

Combine 1/2 cup water, sugar, and orange slices in a 3-quart saucepan, squeezing slices to release juices.

Bring to a boil; cook over medium-high heat, stirring often, 5 minutes. Cover and remove from heat. Cool.

Pour syrup through a wire-mesh strainer into a 1/2-gallon pitcher, discasrding orange slices; stir in bourbon and orange juice. Pour in cherry juice; add cherries.

Serve drink over ice.

Makes 8 servings