Lemonade Recipe

• servings: 8 servings
• active time: 7 minutes
• total time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup granulated sugar

1 cup water (cold), plus 7 cups to serve)

1 1/2 cups Lemon Juice (from 8 medium or 6 large lemons)

Directions

In a small saucepan, combine 1 cup water with 1 1/2 cups sugar. Place over medium heat and bring just to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Remove from the heat and let the syrup cool to room temperature. Transfer to a mason jar, cover and refrigerate until ready serving.

Squeeze 1 1/2 cups lemon juice. Transfer to a mason jar and refrigerate up to 2 weeks until ready to make lemonade.

To make the full batch of lemonade, pour 7 cups cold water into a pitcher, add the 1 1/2 cups of lemon juice and 1 1/2 cups chilled sugar syrup and stir to combine. You can also add the lemon juice and sugar syrup to taste. Add ice to glasses when serving.

Nutrition

• Calories: 155 kcal
• Total Fat: 1 g
• Saturated Fat: 1 g
• Sodium: 2 mg
• Total Carbohydrate: 41 g
• Dietary Fiber: 1 g
• Total Sugars: 39 g
• Protein: 1 g