Makes about 8 drinks

Ingredients:

1 cup water
2/3-cups sugar
1/2-cup lemon juice
1/2-cup Cointreau
1 cup brandy or cognac
Ice
Sugar for coating martini glasses

Preparation:

In a small saucepan, combine water and sugar and bring to a boil. Cook over moderate heat, stirring just until the sugar dissolves. Let cool.

Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add a quarter cup of syrup, a quarter cup lemon juice, quarter cup Cointreau and half cup brandy. Shake vigorously until quite cold and strain into four frozen, sugar-rimmed martini glass. Repeat with the remaining ingredients to make four more drinks.

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