Homemade Lemonade Recipe
A simple and refreshing homemade lemonade recipe! You only need three ingredients (sugar, water, and lemons, and does water really count as an ingredient?) to make this classic drink recipe.
Author: Sugarspunrun/Photo credit to sugarspunrun.com
Ingredients
- ▢6 cups water divided (1.4liter)
- ▢1 cup granulated sugar (200g)
- ▢1 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice¹ seeds removed, pulp may remain (236ml)
Instructions
- Combine 1 cup (236ml) water and 1 cup sugar in a small saucepan. Place over medium-low heat and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and set aside, allow to cool for 10 minutes.
- Pour 1 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice into a pitcher. Add sugar/water mixture (simple syrup).
- Add remaining 5 cups (1180ml) water and stir well. Pour over ice and serve, or transfer to refrigerator and allow to chill several hours before serving.
