Homemade Lemonade Recipes
Easy Homemade Lemonade
Ingredients:
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1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- Juice from 4-6 lemons
- 4 cups cold sparkling water or plain water
Instructions:
Mix together one cup water with one cup of sugar in small pot. Heat mixture to boiling, stirring constantly until sugar is completely dissolved. Allow water and sugar mixture to cool, pour in pitcher or bowl and refrigerate. Once the mixture has reached desired coldness, add juice from lemons and stir completely. (Strain lemon juice if desired) Mix four cups of cold water into lemonade and pour in pitcher adding lemon slices if you prefer.
Servings: Approximately 6
Tip: Make one batch and freeze into ice cubes to add to lemonade prior to serving to keep your homemade lemonade from becoming watered down.
Fresh Homemade Blackberry Lemonade
Ingredients:
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4 cups water, divided
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon grated lemon peel
- 1 cup blackberries
- 2 drops blue food coloring
Instructions:
Boil 2 cups of water and sugar in large saucepan for 2 minutes. Remove the saucepan from the heat and add remaining water, lemon juice, and lemon peel. Let cool. Blend in a blender 1 cup of the cooked lemon mixture and all the blackberries until well blended. Strain to remove the blackberry seeds and then pour into a pitcher. Add the rest of the lemon mixture and the food coloring and then stir. Refridgerate and serve over ice. Makes approximately 1 1/2 quarts.
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