Best Ever Homemade Lemonade
This easy homemade lemonade recipe uses the full lemon to extract the best flavor and lemonade experience you've ever had! Serve chilled or over ice!
Servings 1 gallon
Ingredients
- 15 lemons optional: mix of lemons and limes
- 1-1.5 cup(s) sugar
- 1 gallon spring water
- Optional: Mint leaves
Instructions
- Peel 5 lemons. Place peels in a bowl and mix with 1 cup of sugar. Soak for an hour.
- Once an hour has passed, boil a gallon of water and pour the boiling water on the sugar/peel mix. Soak for another hour.
- Juice 10 lemons or a mix of lemons and limes.
- Remove the lemon peels from boiling water mix. Add juice to sugar water mix and stir well.
- Serve immediately over ice, or chill for several hours before serving.
Notes
Optional: Add mint leaves once cool to garnish. It looks nice, but won't change the flavor much!