Natrona Bottling Company

Mint Apple Punch

Yeilds 12 servings

• 1 1/2 quart apple juice
• 1/2 cup pineapple juice
• 1/2 cup lemon juice
• 1 pint orange juice
• 1 (28 ounce) bottle mint julep

Mix ingredients. Pour over ice cubes and serve. Arrange slice of orange/lemon/lime on rim of tall frosted glass.

Mint Cranberry Spritzer

• 1 (12 ounce) can frozen cranberry juice cocktail concentrate, thawed
• 3 (28 ounce) bottles mint julep

In punch bowl, gently stir together thawed concentrate and mint julep. Garnish with orange slices. Serve immediately in ice filled glasses.

Mint Apple Lime Cooler

Add apple juice or apple cider to half fill a 12 ounce glass. Add 1 tablespoon of lime juice. Add 2 or 3 ice cubes and mix well. Fill glass with mint julep.

Bridal Punch

• 1 (46 ounce) can unsweetened pineapple juice
• 1 (46 ounce) can unsweetened orange juice
• 1 (9 ounce) jar maraschino cherries with stems
• 2 (28 ounce) bottles mint julep

Mix all ingredients together in punch bowl. Make mold of same ingredients and freeze to float in punch Bowl.

Mint Cubes

Mint julep ice cubes can be used in your favorite drinks, iced coffee, iced tea or any recipe requiring ice cubes. For decorative cubes, place a cherry or a mint leaf in each section of ice cube tray before freezing mint julep.

Minted Peach Cup

Yeilds 6 servings

• 1 large can slice peaches
• 1 (28 ounce) bottle Mint Julep
• 6 slices lime (optional)

Chill peaches in can. Spoon about 3 tablespoons syrup into each 6 or 8 ounce glass. Place peaches in each glass and fill with mint julep (about 1/2 cup). Serve with a spoon.

Minted Peach Parfait

Put one serving of vanilla or peach ice cream in large champagne glass. Top with peach half. Pour mint julep over ingredients—enough to fill glass. Top with maraschino cherry.

Mint Julep Ice Cream Soda

• 1/4 cup milk
• 2 scoops vanilla or other flavor ice cream

Pour milk into a 12 oz. glass, pour in a little mint julep. Mash ice cream and stir briskly. Add 1 scoop ice cream—fill glass with mint julep.

Southern Bell Punch

• 2 46 ounce cans of "Hawaiian Punch"
• 2 (28 ounce) bottles mint julep
• 1 quart of fresh whole strawberries.

Pour and mix punch and mint julep in a punch bowl. Pour over ice mold or add crushed ice. Add fresh berries. Serve well chilled.

Roasted Ham ala Mint Julep

A ready to eat ham needs only to be glazed and heated through. Baked ham may be glazed with brown sugar and studded with cloves. Try basting the ham while it is baking with mint julep.

Possibilities for other ways to bast are limited only by one's imagination. Use mint julep to baste your holiday hams. Use mint julep on kielbasa at the holidays. Bake it in a slow oven and keep basting it with the mint julep and drippings, about one to one and a half hours till well done.

Spicy Mint Burgundy Sauce (For Apple Pie)

• 1/2 cup cinnamon "Red Hots" candies
• 1/2 cup Mint Julep
• 1 tablespoon shredded lemon peel
• Dash of salt (if permissible)

Heat mint julep to simmering. Add cinnamon candies. Remove from heat but keep warm. Stir frequently until candies are completely dissolved. Pour over Slices of warm apple pie. Serve at once.