Mojito Recipe

Ingredients:

•        4 mint leaves
•         ice
•        1 ounce lime juice, about 1 lime
•        1 ounce white rum
•        1/2 ounce simple syrup*
•        club soda
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Directions:

1. Place the mint leaves in the glass and muddle them to release their oils.
2. Fill the glass with ice.
3. Pour in the lime juice, rum and syrup and fill the glass with club soda.

 Note: A simple syrup is 1 cup of sugar dissolved into one cup of water in a sauce pan over the stove. 

Recipe Source:closetcooking