Homemade Lemonade

(from shawn’s recipe box)

Source: Southern Living, JULY 2001

Categories: Beverages

Ingredients

  • * 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • * 1/2 cup boiling water
  • * 2 teaspoons grated lemon rind*
  • * 1 1/2 cups fresh lemon juice
  • * 5 cups cold water
  • * Garnish: lemon slices

Directions

  1. Stir together sugar and 1/2 cup boiling water until sugar dissolves.

  2. Stir in lemon rind, lemon juice, and 5 cups cold water. Chill 8 hours. Garnish, if desired.

    • Lime-Substitute: 2 teaspoons grated lime rind for lemon rind and 1 1/2 cups fresh lime for lemon juice.

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