Fresh Squeezed Lemonade

Name: Fresh Squeezed Lemonade
Ingredients: 1 3/4 cups lemon juice (freshly squeezed); 1 3/4 - 2 cups sugar (The sweeter the lemons the less sugar you will need); 2 cups water; 7 cups water (or enough to fill the gallon pitcher)

4 ingredients

5 steps

Ingredients

1 3/4 cups lemon juice (freshly squeezed)
1 3/4 - 2 cups sugar (The sweeter the lemons the less sugar you will need)
2 cups water
7 cups water (or enough to fill the gallon pitcher)

Directions

1

Squeeze lemons (about 10 medium size lemons)( I usually use my citrus juicer) . Strain juice of lemons in col lender to make sure all pulp from lemons are removed. measure 1 3/4 cup of lemon juice and pour into one gallon pitcer.
2

in a sauce pan combine 1 3/4- 2 cups of sugar (depending on taste) with 2 cups of water over medium heat until sugar is completely dissolved( about 4minutes).
3

Let cool slightly and pour into pitcher with lemon juice and fill rest with water.
4

Refrigerate gallon of lemonade pitcher to cool.
5

Serve over ice and garnish if desired.