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.

One Year Ago: Elote

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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8 Responses to “Coconut Lime Cupcakes”

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clstar — May 14, 2009 at 12:41 pm

These look great as mini-cupcakes! I am so glad everyone liked them, and I like what you did to intensify the coconut flavor. Nicely done! 🙂
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Joelen — May 14, 2009 at 2:18 pm

What a delicious flavor for cupcakes… and thank you for submitting it to this month’s Tasty Tools!
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Colleen — May 14, 2009 at 5:24 pm

These look delicious! And thanks for the note about the coconut cream too!
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Stephanie — May 14, 2009 at 7:41 pm

What a great summery cupcake!
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Ingrid — May 14, 2009 at 7:45 pm

Those sound good and look even better! Love the lime zest you can see in the frosting!

That would have been cute to see the KA buckled in!
~ingrid
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h2babe — May 15, 2009 at 12:29 am

They’re so darn cute!
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Jen — May 15, 2009 at 12:50 am

Thanks everyone! They were definitely a hit at the party
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Mermaid Sweets — May 19, 2009 at 10:43 pm

Yummers, I just made pina colada cupcakes, but these look amazing and I will try them someday. I have never gotten the stand alone foil cups to work for me.