The Very Best Homemade Lemonade
When life gives you lemons, you make fresh lemonade! My lemonade recipe only uses three ingredients and less sugar than store-bought.
Ingredients
- 3 cupswater
- 1 cuplemon juice (4-6 lemons)
- 1 cupsimple syrup (1:1 ratio sugar to water)
Directions
- 1
You can use store-bought or made-at-home simple syrup. If you need to make it, mix sugar and water (ratio 1:1 - e.g. 1 cup of water and 1 cup of sugar in volume) in a small saucepan. Stir to combine and simmer until the sugar has dissolved and formed a syrup. For more info and tricks on the perfect syrup, follow my How-To Guide.Let it cool before you continue with the recipe. You can also prepare it in advance and keep it in the fridge for up to 1 month.
- 2
Juice your lemons. I've found the best method is to use an electric juicer – but if you don't have one, you can discover my other juicing methods here.
- 3
Combine the freshly squeezed lemon juice, cold water, and simple syrup into a jug or bottle and stir.
- 4
Optionally, add herbs or other fruit, for garnish, and serve with or without ice cubes.