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Ade: Classic Lemonade

Source of Recipe


From "Porch Parties" by Denise Gee



List of Ingredients



• 7½ cups water
  
• 1 to 1½ cups sugar
  
• 1 Tbsp lemon zest (from about 2 lemons)
  
• 1½ cups fresh lemon juice (from about 14 lemons)
  






Instructions



1. Boil ½ cup of the water in a medium saucepan.
   
   
2. Add sugar to taste and the lemon zest, stirring until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat and stir in the lemon juice. Let cool.
   
   
3. Pour the lemon syrup mixture into a serving pitcher and add the remaining 7 cups water. Serve in iced-tea glasses filled with ice.
   
   Makes 2½ quarts