
Remove it from the heat and all to cool.Īlso, once it is cool, you can choose to place it in the refrigerator to chill until you are ready to finish making your lemonade drink. In a medium sauce pan, add the 2 cups of white granulated sugar and 1 1/2 cups of water.īring to a boil, until the sugar is dissolved. To make a simple syrup for your lemonade, all you have to do is heat some sugar and water in a sauce pan. I have included below on how to make a simple syrup if you choose to.

If that is your way of making it, then that’s okay (I ain’t mad at you). Seriously, who has time to turn on a stove, wait for the sugar to melt and then wait for the syrup to cool down to make a drink? Plus, by stirring before serving it, that helps also. Yes some of the sugar will settle at the bottom of the pitcher. I am used to the good ole fashion way: just adding all the ingredients, stir and put it in the refrigerator to cool or pour it over some ice cubes in a glass.

I am not used to turning on my stove to make this refreshing drink. Water: Use room temperature water or cold water. Lemons: Freshly squeezed lemons are the best.

You can use less sugar, if you want it to be less sweet. Lemonade Ingredientsįor this simple summer drink, you only need 3 ingredients. 1 cup of lemon juice and half cup of lime juice. So what I normally do is instead of adding all 1 and a half cups of lemon juice, I would divide it between lemon and lime juice. Yep! Just go outside in the backyard, pick some limes off the tree, get some brown sugar, water and some ice cubes and we have a big pitcher of lemonade. However, we didn’t use lemons, but some limes. This easy Lemonade Recipe was a everyday drink back home in Jamaica.

So I make sure to double the recipe, just so we all can enjoy a glass of this perfectly mixture of sweet and tangy Lemonade. She will drink it all day, if you don’t monitor her. My daughter loves when I make a pitcher of this Homemade Lemonade or my Strawberry Lemonade.
