Lowcountry Lemonade - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3/4 cup sugar
1 cup water
5 lemons, juiced
3 -4 cups ice water
2 ounces peach schnapps for every 6 oz lemonade
one bunch of fresh mint, rinsed and dried
crushed ice

Preparation

First make the simple syrup by heating 3/4 cup sugar with 1 cup water in a small saucepan until sugar is completely dissolved. There's no need to boil, just stir to dissolve.
Add the juice of five lemons to the simple syrup and pour the mixture into a pitcher. Add 3 - 4 cups cold water.
Stir in 8 - 10 ounces peach schnapps. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
Serve over crushed ice and garnish with fresh mint leaf.