Freshly Squeezed Lemonade

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Over Labor Day weekend, I went to a lovely little picnic with some great friends. It was a beautiful end of summer day and I wanted to bring something refreshing to drink. I bought a bunch of lemons and whipped up some freshly squeezed lemonade.

I was a bit naive about how much lemonade I’d get from my big stack of lemons. After squeezing 10 lemons, my pitcher was still only about 2/3 full. But this lemonade was definitely worth the effort. It just tastes like summertime dancing around in your mouth.

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Freshly Squeezed Lemonade

Yield: Serves 4

Ingredients:

For the simple syrup
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar

For the Lemonade
3/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (from about 5 lemons)
1 1/2 cups water

Directions:

First, prepare the simple syrup by heating the sugar and water over medium heat just until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.

Pour lemon juice into a small pitcher and add 1 1/2 cups water.

Pour the simple syrup into the pitcher and stir.

Taste for sweeteness/tartness and add additional sugar or water, if desired.

Add ice to individual glasses and serve.

Recipe adapted from Confections of a Foodie Bride

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kimberly.ann — February 9, 2013 at 8:31 pm

I just love the combination of white chocolate and fruit. Cherry sounds like a great addition to these cookies!
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Wendy — February 10, 2013 at 2:13 pm

Creamy white chocolate is perfect with cherries. Those two together in a chewy cookie sound wonderful.
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Eva @ Eva Bakes — February 11, 2013 at 9:04 am
My brother is the same way – he loves maraschino cherries and will take any extras that he can get his hands on. I’m sure he would adore these!
- beantownbaker — February 11th, 2013 @ 11:22 am
  
  I’m sure he would too!
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Paula — February 12, 2013 at 6:11 pm

What a great combination for a cookie! They look delicious.
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Zahra — July 27, 2013 at 2:51 pm
Salted or unsalted butter?
- beantownbaker — July 30th, 2013 @ 5:49 pm
  
  I always use unsalted butter in my baking.
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Jamie — July 4, 2018 at 2:43 pm

I was thinking about putting this in a cake as a filing then frosting and covering with fondant. Would I then be able to leave the cake out on the counter for two nights before the party?

Thank you!
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