Old Fashioned Lemonade

Quench your thirst with a ice cold glass of Old Fashioned Lemonade! A simple lemon syrup stirred into freshly squeezed lemon juice and water served over ice. Serves 6 to 8.

Course Drinks & Adult Beverages

Cuisine American

Keyword beverage, drink, homemade, lemonade, summer

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 5

Additional Time 30

Total Time 45

Servings servings

Calories 276

Author Laurie McNamara

Ingredients

1½ cups granulated sugar
1 lemon rind
5½ cups water divided
1½ cups lemon juice freshly squeezed, about 6-8 large lemons
lemon slices for garnish

US Customary - Metric

Instructions

In a heavy bottom saucepan, add sugar, lemon rind and 1½ cups water. Stir and heat over medium, bring to a low boil before reducing the heat to low. Stir until the sugar has dissolved. Cool completely (see notes).
Pour the freshly squeezed lemon juice through a mesh strainer to catch any seeds or pulp. Then pour the strained juice into a large pitcher.
To that add 1½ cups of the lemon simple syrup and 4 cups cold water. Stir to combine.
Add a few slices of lemon and serve poured over ice and garnished with an extra lemon slice.

Notes

To speed up cooling process, pour the simple syrup into a bowl (or liquid measuring cup) and palce it into a bowl of ice. Make sure the ice comes up the outside of the bowl with the syrup.

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