Best Lemonade Ever

white sugar

water

lemon juice

In a small saucepan, combine sugar and 1 cup water.  Bring to boil and stir to dissolve sugar. Allow to cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until chilled.


Remove seeds from lemon juice, but leave pulp. In pitcher, stir together chilled syrup, lemon juice and remaining 7 cups water.


My daughters and I made this and it was awesome.  Instead of boiling the water and sugar mixture on the stove I put it in the microwave for 1min. when done I added some ice to cool it down so it did not take long to make at all.  Very refreshing.

This one's a keeper.  Yes, it is labor intensive.  Hey, you might even build up your triceps with all that lemon twisting action - but, if you have the time, the effort is well worth it.  This recipe IS quite sweet, so if your tastes preference runs closer to tart, go easy on the sugar.  I needed six or seven lemons to make  1 1/2 cups of lemon juice.

YUM! This was so good!  And it did not take 4 hours to make, even though I squeezed all the lemons by hand since I didn't have a juicer.  The trick is to soak the lemons in hot water for 10 mins and roll each lemon on the counter before you cut and squeeze.  I only used 1 1/4 C of sugar and added a little more water.  Very good recipe!  Thanks Jo!

I live in Venezuela, where lemons are virtually nonexistent, so I decided to adapt this recipe to make "limeade", with very pleasant results. I used 10 limes to make 1 1/2 cups of juice, added the juice to the syrup mix after it had cooled just slightly, immediately transferred the mixture to a one-gallon pitcher, and topped it off with cold water. The whole procedure took less than ten minutes, and made a very nice alternative to the usual  lemonade.

Truly the best lemonade.  I added a pint of smashed strawberries to make a wonderful strawberry lemonade!

Very, very good lemonade Jo.  I actually made a cherry limeade by using half limes and adding cherry juice at the end.  My 4 year old loved it.  Highly recommended.  Thanks for sharing.

This was wonderful!  I served it at a Mother's Day barbeque, and everyone loved it.
Since it was served in a large clear container, I floated two lemons sliced into rounds, and also half a bunch of fresh mint leaves.  Very pretty, and the mint added a nice touch of flavor.

This was the first time I made lemonade with the simple syrup and I really think it was worth the extra step as it eliminates having to stir forever to make sure the sugar is dissolved. Degree of sweetness is a matter of individual taste and preference, but 1-1/4 cups of sugar was just right for my tastebuds. Will make lemonade with this simple syrup recipe from now on!

This lemonade is so good! I scaled it down to 10 servings. But I ran out of lemons and I used a small lime. But it still tasted great.I like that it's sweet and not too sour.

This was good but a little heavy on the sugar - it was almost sickeningly sweet.

The key to this lemonade is keeping the lemon pulp. Yum!

best lemonade ever

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 5 minutes

Total: 4 hours, 35 minutes

Servings: 9

Author : Jo

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