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Homemade Lemonade

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Yield: 8 cups

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

Preparation

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

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.

Southern Living, JULY 2001

Member Ratings and Reviews

Lisa
REALLY good lemonade---tastes sweet and sour all at once---family LOVED it, Even made some for my girls to sell for $2.00 a cup and people kept coming back for seconds!07/16/06

dancerclc92
I did not like this recipe at all. I thought that it had too much sugar and I thought that it was more difficult that it should be. There are other recipes that taste better and are easier.09/02/05