Homemade Lemonade
Author: 
Recipe type: Drinks
Prep time: 
Cook time: 
Total time: 
Serves: 1+
 
Making your own lemonade is easy and allows you to control how much sugar is in it.
Ingredients
Simple Sugar Syrup
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 cup water
Lemonade
  • ¼ cup water
  • 1 - 1½ lemons
  • Simple syrup or sugar to taste
Instructions
Simple Sugar Syrup
  1. Mix 1 cup water and ½ cup sugar in a small saucepan over low-medium heat.
  2. Heat the mixture, stirring constantly, until the sugar dissolves and the liquid becomes clear.
  3. Let it cool and refrigerate it in a sealed container.
Lemonade
  1. Fill your serving cup with ice and then pour the ice into a martini/drink shaker.
  2. Add the juice of 1 lemon, ¼ cup water and 2 Tbsp of the simple sugar syrup. (In place of the simple syrup, you can substitute 1 Tbsp sugar.)
  3. Shake the drink well and add more simple sugar syrup or sugar as needed.
  4. You can also stir the lemonade in a pitcher, just be sure to mix it well.
  5. Pour the contents of the shaker, including the ice, into the serving glass.
  6. Garnish the glass with a lemon slice and serve the homemade lemonade chilled.
Recipe by Itsy Bitsy Foodies at http://itsybitsyfoodies.com/homemade-lemonade/