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Fresh-Squeezed Lemonade

Southern Living
Fresh-Squeezed Lemonade
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Yield: Makes 8 cups

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2  cups  sugar
  • 1/2  cup  boiling water
  • 1  tablespoon  grated lemon rind
  • 1 1/2  cups  fresh lemon juice (8 large lemons)
  • 5  cups  water

Preparation

Stir together sugar and 1/2 cup boiling water until sugar dissolves. Stir in lemon rind, lemon juice, and 5 cups water. Chill. Serve over ice.

Southern Living, SEPTEMBER 1999

Member Ratings and Reviews

5 stars
becky from marietta, GA
This is good but it took me 2 bags of lemons to get the right amount of lemon juice! That is just too many lemons for me!! I think it would be better to make the sugar water and then add lemons to a glass of lemonade as you use it. I would buy this rather than make it again.10/11/06

5 stars
dbarnesx3
It's 100 degrees outside and this lemonade is outstanding!! It was easy to make and so delicious to drink!07/18/05