Lemonade Recipe

A close-up glass of homemade lemonade over ice with a fresh lemon slice and mint.

This easy homemade Lemonade Recipe uses just three simple ingredients for the freshest, most refreshing sweet-tart pitcher made from scratch in minutes.

Course Drinks

Cuisine American

Keyword Lemonade Recipe

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 5

Chill Time: 2

Total Time 2 10

Servings

Calories 354kcal

Author Jason Decker

Ingredients

4 cups water divided
1 ¾ cups granulated sugar
1 ¼ cups lemon juice fresh squeezed

Instructions

Place half of the water into a small saucepan with the sugar. Place over medium heat and whisk to combine.
Continue to whisk until the sugar is fully dissolved. You know it is fully dissolved when the mixture becomes crystal clear like water. Take off the heat.
In a large pitcher add the remaining 2 cups of water.
Juice the lemons and strain it if you don’t want any pulp add this to the pitcher.
Pour in the sugar water, stir to combine.
Place in the fridge for 2 hours or until chilled. Serve over ice.

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