Whiskey Slush and Happy Birthday Grandma!

My Grandma would have been 94 years young on December 8th.  

She was born in 1925 and she was one of my very favorite people. 

 Grandma LOVED Christmas and she made it her mission to pick out

 just the right gift for everyone on her list. 

 I am sharing my grandma's holiday drink recipe for 

"Whiskey Slush" because I know she would be so

 tickled for you to have a copy too.  

We had whiskey slush drinks every year at Christmas...in fact, it 

wouldn't really be a Christmas celebration without one.

One of the the last Christmas gifts I received from my grandma 

was a handwritten recipe for her whiskey slush and 

all of the ingredients to make it. She sweetly measured

 everything out and placed it in a festive holiday bag...including a

 set of pretty holiday glasses,

in which to to serve my very own whiskey slush.

(I still have the gift bag and the 

measured ingredients... just as she left them for me...

along with my favorite part, her handwritten recipe...it's a treasure.)

Please enjoy this recipe...as many of you have 

written to me on Facebook 

regarding this recipe...your families

 have a very similar...if not the very same drink recipe 

at your gatherings!!  

Some add sprite or ginger ale to the drink and

 others serve cherries...and some simply have it plain... 

frosty and delicious!  

However you serve your whiskey slush... 

Let's raise a glass to the ones we

 love --and cheers to my grandma on  what would have been her 94th year...

and cheers to all the good grandmas that make the holidays

 so extra special.

  The recipes, the traditions, the lasting 

memories...that's what it is all about.

Cheers!!

Xo.

Karri

Grandma’s Whiskey Slush

9 cups water-boiling

4 tea bags

1 12 ounce can frozen lemonade

1 12 ounce can frozen orange juice

1 ½ cups sugar

2 cups whiskey (Jim Beam-says Grandma)

Make tea with the water and tea bags.  In a pitcher add the tea, and the rest of the listed ingredients.  Stir well.   Freeze for at least 2-3 hours (overnight is better), until ready to serve.  Scoop 1 or 2 ladles of the semi-frozen drink into a holiday glass and serve. Cheers!