Real Lemonade

The kids and I ran across what I believe to be a good price on lemons.  Is 25 cents apiece pretty good?  I thought it was anyway, so we loaded up with a dozen or so.  We were excited to try to make some real lemonade, something none of us had ever had.

So, one morning while the kids were in bed, in fact, I was still in bed, I googled how to make lemonade.  (What would I do without my HP mini notebook??)  I found this recipe, and let me tell you, there is a reason it's called "Perfect Lemonade".  I hope you enjoy it as much as we have!

Perfect Lemonade Recipe

• Prep time: 10 minutes

Ingredients

• 1 cup sugar (can reduce to 3/4 cup)
• 1 cup water (for the simple syrup)
• 1 cup lemon juice
• 3 to 4 cups cold water (to dilute)

Method

1 Make simple syrup by heating the sugar and water in a small saucepan until the sugar is dissolved completely.
2 While the sugar is dissolving, use a juicer to extract the juice from 4 to 6 lemons, enough for one cup of juice.
3 Add the juice and the sugar water to a pitcher. Add 3 to 4 cups of cold water, more or less to the desired strength. Refrigerate 30 to 40 minutes. If the lemonade is a little sweet for your taste, add a little more straight lemon juice to it.
Serve with ice, sliced lemons.
Yield: Serves 6.