Best-Ever Homemade Lemonade

With May right around the corner, and our first…dare-I-say-it…warm and sunny weekend in what feels like months, what better way to celebrate the season than with freshly-made lemonade! Who doesn’t love an invitation to sit under the covered patio with something just a little bit sweet and a little bit tangy!

You might think making lemonade is so easy that you wouldn’t possibly need a BLOG with a special recipe…but may I add that this PARTICULAR recipe comes from a GRANDMA…and of course those are always TRIED and TRUE, and sure to beat the powdery, sugared mix you’ve had in the pantry for years.

So here it is, straight from an unknown Grandma, but sure to impress and delight:

Ingredients:

• 1 ¼ cups fresh squeezed lemon juice—about 8 lemons(note that different lemons offer different strengths of flavor, so you may need to adjust accordingly)
• 9 cups water
• 1 ¼ cups sugar
• 2 lemons, thinly sliced

How to mix:

1. Combine 1 cup of water and sugar into a pot and cook over medium heat for about 5 minutes until the sugar dissolves. Set aside to cool.
2. Add lemon juice and 8 cups of water to a large pitcher.
3. Once the “simple syrup” cools, add to pitcher.
4. Dump lemon slices onto the top of the lemonade.
5. Refrigerate until serving so you don’t water down the recipe with ice

Kayla Phillips