Homemade Lemonade

Submitted by jb41848

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

 

• Ready In: 8hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 8

ingredients

• 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

[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

 

[AshleyMiranda]

I just finished making this and my husband and I love it! After one taste we decided we couldn't wait the 8 hours for it to chill so we threw some ice in a couple glasses and drank away. I strained everything out of it when I poured it into the pitcher because we don't like the pulp but other than that this is wonderful!

 

[Suzie]

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!

 

[Chef de Sucre]

This was really good lemonade. A agree that 1 1/2 cups of sugar is a lot. I did 1 cup and will lower it more next time. Thanks for the recipe!