Freshly Squeezed Lemonade

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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4 Responses to “Happy Birthday Cupcake Hero! Lime & Coconut Margarita Cupcakes”

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    CB — September 22, 2008 at 4:23 pm

    Mmmmm… crunk cake. NICE. I wouldn’t mind a margarita cupcake right about now. Its only 930am but thats ok right? 😉
    /Clara

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    Jen — September 23, 2008 at 4:39 pm

    Thats ok in my book!

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    Amy Kingman — September 24, 2008 at 2:02 pm

    oh my gosh these look ridiculously yummy!

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    Jen — June 28, 2023 at 6:19 pm

    My mom made these for us when we were children with apples and the sauce was made with apple juice and 1 T of cornstarch. We loved them then so much . I will try this one with rhubarb now cant wait. We did not have a lot when we were kids so no whipped cream to serve with them however we did sometimes pour a bit of milk over them to cool them off to eat for dessert right away. Yum.

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