Annes Lip Smackin Sangria - water

Method

• Boil water, sugar and the cinnamon stick over medium-high for 5 minutes.
• Let syrup cool with cinnamon stick in mixture.
• Slice lemon and orange.
• Peel and slice bananas.
• Remove cinnamon stick, add lemon, orange, and banana slices to cooled syrup.
• Cover and chill several hours.
• Put ice in punch bowl, add sliced fruit (optional), the cinnamon/fruit syrup, and wine.
• (you may need to half this into 2 pitchers if you don't have a punch bowl).
• Stir thoroughly, mashing the fruit slightly.
• Serve Sangria in chilled glasses.
• (If you only make one pitcher additional sangria syrup may be saved in the refrigerator for 1 month).
• Optional: to make a white sangria use a Chablis or Chardonney for the red wine.
• (Fresh fruit can be substituted for frozen concentrates using a tablespoon at a time of orange juice concentrate and limeade concentrate to cinnamon syrup until the desired flavor is reached.
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