Making your own lemonade is easy and allows you to control how much sugar is in it. You can make a large batch and store it in the refrigerator or make it to order by the glass. The simple sugar syrup can be made in advance and stored in a sealed container in the refrigerator until you are ready to use it.
This rendition of lemonade is tart but you can add more sugar to taste. You can also add strawberry-raspberry purée for homemade strawberry-raspberry lemonade or blueberry purée for homemade blueberry lemonade.
| Homemade Lemonade |
Recipe Type: Drinks
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Prep time: 5 mins
Cook time: 5 mins
Total time: 10 mins
Serves: 1+
Making your own lemonade is easy and allows you to control how much sugar is in it.
Ingredients
- Simple Sugar Syrup
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- Lemonade
- 1/4 cup water
- 1 – 1 1/2 lemons
- Simple syrup or sugar to taste
Instructions
Simple Sugar Syrup
- Mix 1 cup water and 1/2 cup sugar in a small saucepan over low-medium heat.
- Heat the mixture, stirring constantly, until the sugar dissolves and the liquid becomes clear.
- Let it cool and refrigerate it in a sealed container.
Lemonade
- Fill your serving cup with ice and then pour the ice into a martini/drink shaker.
- Add the juice of 1 lemon, 1/4 cup water and 2 Tbsp of the simple sugar syrup. (In place of the simple syrup, you can substitute 1 Tbsp sugar.)
- Shake the drink well and add more simple sugar syrup or sugar as needed.
- You can also stir the lemonade in a pitcher, just be sure to mix it well.
- Pour the contents of the shaker, including the ice, into the serving glass.
- Garnish the glass with a lemon slice and serve the homemade lemonade chilled.