White Holiday Punch - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup water
2 cups sugar
1 (12 ounce) can evaporated milk
1 tablespoon almond extract
6 (2 liter) bottles carbonated lemon-lime beverage
3 (1/2 gallon) cartons vanilla ice cream

Preparation

Mix sugar and water in a saucepan.
Stir constantly over medium heat until sugar is dissolved.
Remove from heat, add evaporated milk and almond extract and let cool.
Chill until serving time.
Combine milk mixture and lemon-lime drink in punch bowl just before serving.
Add and stir ice cream, to break ice cream up into small pieces.