Serve this punch with Cheese Straws (page 20). It’s a Yearwood family tradition—perfect to serve at Christmas parties, because it’s a beautiful bright green and makes a pretty punch bowl.
Recipe information
Yield
makes 20 cups
Ingredients
2 .13-ounce packets unsweetened lemon-lime soft drink mix, such as Kool-Aid
2 cups sugar
1 46-ounce can pineapple juice
12 ounces frozen lemonade concentrate, thawed
32 ounces (1 quart) ginger ale
Preparation
Step 1
Put 2 quarts of water in a 1-gallon container. Add the drink mix and sugar and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Add the pineapple juice and lemonade concentrate and stir well. Just before serving, add the ginger ale.
From Gwen
Step 2
Monticello ladies often act as hostesses for everything from bridal showers to baby showers. This easy punch is a favorite for those occasions.
Reprinted with permission from Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen: Recipes from My Family to Yours by Trisha Yearwood with Gwen Yearwood and Beth Yearwood Bernard. Copyright © 2008 by Trisha Yearwood. Published by Crown Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved.
Trisha Yearwood is a three-time Grammy-award winning country music star and the author of the bestselling cookbook Georgia Cooking in an Oklahoma Kitchen. She is married to megastar Garth Brooks.
