Lemonade

 Ingredients

  

• 6 lemons thoroughly washed
• 1-1¼ C. granulated sugar I prefer using 1 cup of sugar. 
• 4 C. Hot water
• 1 C. ice plus extra to serve

Instructions

 

• Thoroughly wash and dry the outsides of the lemons. 
• Using a lemon squeezer, cut the lemons in half and squeeze the juice into a large bowl. Try to avoid the seeds as best you can.
• Set the lemon juice aside. 
• Pour the sugar over the lemon juice . Stir well and wait for the hot water . It’s up to you if you use boiling water or hot tap water. I happen to love my tap water 💧. When the water is hot mix it with the sugar.
• The lemon and sugar mixture should look wet at this point. Pour 4 cups of boiling water over the sugar and lemon juice  mixture. Stir to dissolve all of the sugar. Allow to cool to room temperature. 
• Strain out the seeds if you can , if not it’s okay .
• To the warm syrup at 1 cup of ice. 
• After you have squeezed all of the juice from the lemon cut them in slices and add them to your pitcher . You never want to mix hot liquids in a pitcher, you never know 🤷🏾‍♀️It may be glass and shatter.
• Chill the lemonade for a couple of hours and serve over plenty of ice.Or if you can’t wait like me get you a glass and take a break from cooking 😂😂