Kittencal's Really Great Old-Fashioned Lemonade

Name: Kittencal's Really Great Old-Fashioned Lemonade
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 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

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Recipe 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!

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READY IN: 10mins

YIELD: 5 1/2 cups

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

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

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

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