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Check out more of Linda's Beverage Recipes and this Basic Simple Syrup Recipe for sweetening your favorite drinks. Old-Fashioned Lemonade Simple Syrup (see recipe below) Prepare Simple Syrup in advance and refrigerate. In a large pitcher, combine lemon juice and sugar and cold Simple Syrup. Add water, lemon slices, and ice cubes; stir until well blended. Serve in tall glasses over ice.
Yields approximately 6 cups.
Simple Syrup:
In a medium saucepan, combine sugar and water. Boil for 5 minutes, without stirring. Remove from heat and let cool before using. Store in the refrigerator.
Lavender Lemonade - Add 1 tablespoons dried culinary lavender buds. Add lavender to the hot Simple Syrup and let steep for 10 minutes. Strain the Simple Syrup and discard the lavender buds. Refrigerate Simple Syrup until cool. Limeade - Substitute fresh lime juice for the lemon juice. Strawberry Lemonade - In a blender, puree 1 pint of fresh strawberries (hulled and halved); add to the pitcher with the lemon juice and Simple Syrup.
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So
refreshing and delicious! Taste just like the lemonade Grandma used to make, but
with no undissolved sugar on the bottom of the pitcher!