Fresh Squeezed Lemonade
- Ready In:
- 6mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Yields:
-
1 cup
- Serves:
- 16
ingredients
- 1 3⁄4 cups lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
- 1 3⁄4 - 2 cups sugar (The sweeter the lemons the less sugar you will need)
- 2 cups water
- 7 cups water (or enough to fill the gallon pitcher)
directions
- Squeeze lemons (about 10 medium size lemons)( I usually use my citrus juicer) . Strain juice of lemons in col lender to make sure all pulp from lemons are removed. measure 1 3/4 cup of lemon juice and pour into one gallon pitcer.
- in a sauce pan combine 1 3/4- 2 cups of sugar (depending on taste) with 2 cups of water over medium heat until sugar is completely dissolved( about 4minutes).
- Let cool slightly and pour into pitcher with lemon juice and fill rest with water.
- Refrigerate gallon of lemonade pitcher to cool.
- Serve over ice and garnish if desired.
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