Apricot-Whiskey Smash Recipe

• 2 medium apricots, pitted and quartered
• 3 medium fresh mint leaves
• 1 ounce Cointreau
• 1/4 to 1/2 ounce Rich Simple Syrup (depending on how ripe the apricots are)
• 1/8 medium lemon
• 2 ounces rye whiskey
• Ice

1. Combine the apricots, mint, Cointreau, and simple syrup in a cocktail shaker and muddle until the apricots are broken up but not pulverized.
2. Squeeze the lemon into the shaker, add the whiskey, and fill three-quarters of the way with ice.
3. Shake vigorously for 30 seconds, strain into an ice-filled rocks glass, and serve.

apricots, mint, simple syrup, lemon, rye whiskey

Taken from www.chowhound.com/recipes/apricot-whiskey-smash-25635 (may not work)