Homemade Old Fashioned Mix

Ingredients

• 3 cups water
• 3 cups white sugar
• 3 clementine oranges, quartered
• 5 maraschino cherries, or more to taste
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 2 tablespoons bitters, or to taste

Directions

Bring water and sugar to a boil in a saucepan; remove from heat. Stir oranges, cherries, and cinnamon stick into sugar mixture. Cover saucepan and steep for 1 hour.

Remove fruit and cinnamon stick from mixture using a slotted spoon; stir in bitters.