Recipe: Lemonade Stand Lemonade

Lemonade Stand Lemonade
makes about 1 gallon

2 quarts water
3 1/2 cups sugar
6 cups fresh lemon juice (about 40 lemons)
extra lemon slices for garnish, optional

In a 3 quart stockpot over medium flame, heat 4 cups of the water with the sugar, stirring until dissolved. Add remaining water. Set aside to cool. To speed up the cooling, set over a bowl full of ice and stir. When room temperature, stir in lemon juice. Serve with ice. Garnish with lemon slices, if desired.

Categories: Drinks, Beverage, Easy, Make Ahead, Quick, Recipe, Summer, Vegan, Vegetarian

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Comments (2)

that's a LOT of $$lemons!$$ just BUY some lemonade at that rate!

Great recipe for when you have your own citrus trees but it was a bit to tart for the lemons off my tree i had to double the sugar.( I just did the sugar water dilution twice) Now it taste perfect! Thanks for the recipe.