Homemade Lemonade

~jb4~'s Note:

I love lemonade, especially one made from scratch. You can adjust the sugar to your sweetness. Cook time includes chilling time.

• Total Time: 8 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 8

• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup boiling water
• 2 teaspoons grated fresh lemon rind
• 1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice
• 5 cups cold water
• lemon slice

Directions:

1. Stir together sugar and 1/2 cup boiling water until sugar dissolves.
2. Stir in lemon rind, lemon juice and 5 cups cold water.
3. Pour into a 2 quart pitcher.
4. Chill 8 hours.
5. Garnish with lemon slices.
6. Serve over ice.

Reviews

[Suzanna Marie]

DH was all set today to make (disgusting) pink lemonade FROM A CAN of crystals! "Hold it, hold it" I cried. "Let me check Zaar first!!" The rest is history. I had enough lemons in the fridge for 8 ozs. and used 4 oz. of bottled lemon juice. This was TOTALLY AWESOME. I am so happy! Can you tell? This is sooo easy (and FUN) to make that I can't wait to go buy a bushel basket of lemons! AMEN!

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

Very nice, but I do strain out the lemon rind before serving;)

[sofie-a-toast]

I scaled this down to half. It was slightly too sweet for me. The lemon got swallowed up by the sugar