Lemonade

This homemade lemonade is evenly sweet, tart, and delicious!

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Keyword lemonade, lemonade recipe

Prep Time 15

Total Time 15

Servings

Calories 147kcal

Author Laura Gummerman

Cost $5

Equipment

1 lemon juicer or lemon squeezer

Ingredients

2 cups water
4 cups chilled water
1 ¼ cup lemon juice about 9 lemons
1 ¼ cup sugar or 1 ¾ cup simple syrup

Instructions

Dissolve Sugar in Water: Boil 2 cups of your water on the stove, remove from heat and add in your sugar, stirring until dissolved. Allow to cool a bit.
Juice Lemons: Half your lemons widthwise with a knife and use a lemon squeezer or a juicer to extract the lemon juice.
Mix Together: Add your sugar water to a pitcher and add the remaining 4 cups of chilled water and then the lemon juice. Stir to combine.
Serve: When serving, fill a glass with ice and pour your lemonade on top. Enjoy!

Notes

Makes 7 cups of lemonade.

Note: To make with simple syrup, skip to the juicing step first and then add all your water and simple syrup to the juice and stir to combine. Easy!

Tips for Making

Roll your lemons: It may sound odd, but rolling your lemons firmly on the counter before cutting and juicing will help release the juices and make juicing easier.
Hold the ice: Don’t add your ice directly to your lemonade pitcher as it will dilute the liquid as it melts. Add it to each glass and then pour the lemonade on top.
Make a frozen lemonade: To create a slushy lemonade, make a batch that is a little stronger on the sugar and lemon, and add it to a blender with some ice for a frozen treat.
Sparkling lemonade: Make your lemonade a sparkling version by topping off your glass with sparkling water.

Lemonade variations

Arnold Palmer: Make an easy Arnold Palmer by adding some iced tea to your lemonade.
Strawberry Lemonade: Add some pureed fresh strawberries to make a berry treat.
Mint Lemonade: Muddle some fresh mint leaves at the bottom of the pitcher before adding your ingredients for a mint twist.
Rosemary Lemonade: Rosemary adds an earthy note to your tangy lemonade.
Pink Lemonade: Make it pink naturally with watermelon for a pop of color.
Spiked Lemonade: Add a shot of vodka or gin to your glass for a boozy lemonade.

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