Simple Mint Julep recipe

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Ingredients

¼ cup water
1 teaspoon white sugar
5 fresh mint leaves, or to taste
1 (1.5 fluid ounce) jigger bourbon, or more to taste
4 ice cubes, or as desired

Nutrition Info

121.2 calories
carbohydrate: 4.2 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: : -
fiber: : -
protein: : -
saturatedFat: : -
servingSize: -
sodium: 4.7 mg
sugar: 4.2 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Place a tall glass in the freezer until frosted.

  2. Mix water and sugar together in the frosted glass until sugar is dissolved. Twist mint leaves to release the scent and flavor from each leaf, add to glass. Fill glass 1/4-full with bourbon, add ice. Garnish glass with a mint leaf.

Recipe Yield

1 julep

Recipe Note

The whiskey varies by state - Kentucky uses bourbon, Georgia favors peach brandy and in next door Maryland it is rye. Take your choice.

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