Sweet N Sour Mix

Easy to make with only three ingredients and it is the key to making the BEST margaritas! It keeps in the refrigerator for about a week and makes two pitchers of margaritas. Or you can keep it in the freezer for a month. This is basically a lemon-lime simple syrup, combining sugar and water with lime and lemon juice. It is the key as described on the site Wine and glue. I like mine extra sour so I add an additional 1/4 cup of each - lime and lemon to the mix, but have posted as written

• Ready In: 2 hrs
• Serves: 8
• Yields: 2 Pitchers

Ingredients

• 2  cups water
• 1  cup sugar
• 1⁄2 cup lemon juice, fresh
• 1⁄2 cup lime juice, fresh

Directions

1. Start with a cup of granulated sugar.
2. Add water and simmer over medium heat until the sugar is completely dissolved.
3. Next, add half a cup each of fresh lemon and lime juice. You’ll need about seven plump lemons and limes.
4. Your Sweet and Sour Mix is now ready! You can store it in a sealed container in the fridge for about a week, or even longer in the freezer.
5. his recipe makes enough for about 2 pitchers of margaritas, using 1 1/4 cup for each pitcher.
6. HINT: Some drinks you might make with this recipe, Margarita, Strawberry Margaritas, Amaretto Sour, Long Island Iced Tea. Or you might use it to make an Old Fashioned!