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Homemade Lemonade

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Time: 10 minutes

Yield: 7 servings

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Basic Homemade Lemonade is a recipe everyone should be familiar with. It tastes so much better than the store-bought stuff, plus it’s much tastier. You just need a few simple ingredients and in no time you have the ideal summer refresher and a blank canvas to add fruit, syrups, alcohol, and more to make Homemade Lemonade truly your own. Cheers to a classic!

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Ingredients

  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 4 1/2 cups water, divided, cold
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice, strained
  • 5 cups water, divided

Directions

Step 1 -Add the sugar and 2 cups of water to a saucepan over medium heat and stir to combine.

Step 2 -Bring the contents to a boil until the sugar dissolves.

Step 3 -Remove the saucepan from the heat and allow it to cool to room temperature. You have just created simple syrup.

Step 4 -Add the simple syrup to the lemon juice and stir until fully combined.

Step 5 -Refrigerate until nice and cold.

Step 6 -When ready to serve, add 2 1/2 cups of cold water and stir well. If it's too sweet, you can always add more water.

Step 7 -Serve over ice and thinly sliced lemons.

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