Kittencal's Really Great Old-Fashioned Lemonade

Submitted by Kittencalrecipezazz

"Lemons must be at room temperature before squeezing out the juice. For pink lemonade add in a few drops of red food colouring, and for honeyed lemonade substitute liquid honey for the sugar, this is a wonderful drink on a hot summer day!"

 

• Ready In: 10mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Yields: 5 1/2 cups

ingredients

• 1 cup fresh lemon juice (juice of 6 lemons)
• 3⁄4 cup sugar (or more to taste)
• 4 cups cold water
• 1 lemon (sliced into to rounds)
• ice cube (lots!)
• 1 drop yellow food coloring

directions

1. In a large glass pitcher combine the lemon juice and sugar; stir vigorously until the sugar is completely dissolved.
2. Add in the cold water and food colouring; stir well.
3. Adjust the sugar to taste.
4. Add in lots of ice cubes.
5. Add in the lemon slices and serve.

Reviews

[Camden's Mom]

Perfect lemonade! I used one drop of gel food coloring, which was a mistake since it turned the lemonade bright banana yellow. Next time I'll just let it be pale yellow, since I only have gel food color in the house. :)

 

[Stephanie S.]

Just like the name says, "really good lemonade"! Thank you for sharing with us.

 

[pammyowl]

Nothing better than real homemade lemonade! Thanks!

 

[iris5555]

Delicious! There is nothing like real lemonade. I didn't add the food coloring and added just a touch less sugar than indicated, but otherwise enjoyed the recipe as written

 

[sandesnow]

Classic. Yummy! Thanks for the recipe! (I can not use sugar, so I used sugar twin.. which each packet it is equivalent to 2 tsp. sugar... (Normal dry ingredients: 3/4 cup = 36 tsp.) So I ended up using 14 little packages.