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.
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
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
Yum! It looks so great, i love cherries 🙂
oh man, i adore cherries, so when you pair it with browned butter, of course i want!!
Think these are sweet enough to try with sour cherries? I am one of those weirdos who loves the tart ones and dislikes the sweet ones. But otherwise the bars look so yum. If not maybe blueberries….
beantownbaker — August 12th, 2013 @ 7:40 pm
You could definitely make this with sour cherries. Especially if you like the tartness!