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Classic Lemonade Recipe

Prep Time8 minutes
Cook Time2 minutes
Total Time10 minutes
Servings: 6 Cups

Ingredients

For the Lemonade concentrate:

  • 1 Cup white sugar*
  • 1 Cup water*
  • 1 Cup lemon Juice which comes from about 5 to 6 lemons*

For the final Lemonade:

  • More water
  • Ice
  • 1 Lemon cut into slices

Instructions

  • Juice Lemons: Use either an electric juicer, a lemon reamer, or simply your bare hands to juice the lemons. If you decide to use either a lemon reamer or your hands, then make sure to strain out any seeds. Save the lemon juice to be used in step 3
  • Make simple syrup: Add the equal parts of water and sugar to a small saucepan and put it over medium heat. Stir the mixture often during this time until you notice that the liquid has become completely clear and looks like this. This process should only take a minute or two, so keep an eye on it. Once the syrup has been made take it off the heat and let it cool for a couple of minutes.
  • Combine to make concentrate: Once the syrup has cooled off a bit, add the lemon juice and stir. Congratulations, you now have lemonade concentrate! Now you can decide to either move on to the next step to make the final lemonade or decide to freeze this concentrate to be used at a later date.
  • Add water and Ice: I recommend that you start off with about 2 cups of cold water for every 3 cups of concentrate. While two cups of water will most likely result in lemonade that is too strong, it’s good to remember that you can always add more water, but you can’t take any out. So start small. Stir all of this up and taste test it. If it is too strong, then add another half cup of water, stir, and taste test again. Keep adding water, stirring, and taste testing until the lemonade is your desired strength. Once it is just right you can decide to either leave it in the fridge for a couple of hours or add ice now if you are ready to enjoy. When you decided to serve the lemonade, slice up one lemon and add it to the mixture, and stir everything up again.

Notes

*The one cup is for example purposes, as I said above use whatever measurements you want just be consistent with the ratio