mint and lemonade slushy {winner!!}

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Mint and Lemonade Slushy from Jenn:

2 1/3 cups water

2 1/3 cups sugar

1 lemon thinly sliced

2 1/3 cups fresh lemon juice (about 10 lemons)

Bring water and sugar to a boil in medium saucepan over high heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Cover and boil for 3 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and add the sliced lemon. Let stand, covered, for 10 minutes.

Stir in the lemon juice. Pour mixture through a strainer into an 8-cup glass pitcher and discard the lemon slices. Let cool to room temperature. Refrigerate, covered, for at least 2 hours or until chilled.

Slushy

4 cups ice

Mint leaves - to taste

Lemonade

Pour ice into blender. Add mint leaves as desired and pour lemonade to the top of the ice. Blend until slushy. Serve with a sprig of mint or a lemon slice.