Easy Lemonade recipe from scratch…because it’s the best!

You know what they say…”When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. But seriously…when was the last time you made lemonade with fresh real lemonades?! It truly is one of life’s simple pleasures. We recently made it and we all couldn’t get enough…it’s the BEST! Life feels like it’s been full of lemons lately…making something delicious for the ones I love is my go to when things feel out of control.

Lemonade recipe with real lemon juice:

You really can’t beat lemonade made with real lemon juice. Making lemonade is all about getting the right ratio of lemon juice to sugar to water. If the ratio is off, it can be too sweet or it can be too tart. The good news is that it’s so forgiving…you can always adjust to your liking.

How to make a Simple Syrup:

Lemonade calls for a simple syrup, which is basically just sugar in liquid form. Here’s how to do it: combine 2 cups sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil to dissolve the sugar. Stir continuously while it boils to help dissolve the sugar. At this point you can move it to the fridge to let it chill or you can just add a bunch of ice in the place of water to help cool it down.

Just three ingredients:

1 1/2 cups lemon juice
2 cups sugar
8 cups water

How to make Lemonade with real lemon juice:

Make a simple syrup: combine sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil to dissolve the sugar.
Juice the lemons and strain out the seeds. Juice enough lemons to equal 1 1/2 cups lemon juice.
In a pitcher stir together the syrup, lemon juice and remaining cups of water.
Add ice, stir, chill and enjoy.

How many lemons do you need to get 1 cup of lemon juice?

It can vary depending on the size of your lemons, but on average you can get 1 cup of lemon juice from 8 medium sized lemons or 6 large sized lemons.

Classic Lemonade Recipe

When life gives you lemons...make lemonade...for real!

Author Kami | NoBiggie.net

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups lemon juice
2 cups sugar
8 cups water

Instructions

Make a simple syrup: combine sugar and 1 cup water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil to dissolve the sugar, continually stirring as it dissolves.
Juice the lemons and strain out the seeds. Juice enough lemons to equal 1 1/2 cups lemon juice.
In a pitcher stir together the simple syrup, lemon juice and remaining cups of water.
Add ice, stir, chill and enjoy.

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