Tea Totalers Dandelions - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 qt. fresh dandelion blossoms
2 qt. boiling water
3 c. sugar
2 c. cold water
2 thinly sliced lemons
2 thinly sliced oranges

Preparation

Fill 1 quart measure firmly with fresh dandelion blossoms. Rinse blossoms and cut stem close to flower heads.
Cover blossoms with 2 quarts boiling water and set mixture aside to cool. Combine sugar and 2 cups cold water and bring to a boil to make 3 cups syrup.
Add syrup, lemons and oranges to blossom mixture. Let stand for 3 days.
Strain and serve over cracked ice.
Makes more than 2 quarts non-intoxicating beverage.