Homemade Lemonade Recipe

My special lemonade is one of my family’s most requested recipes. Even when someone else is making it, I am asked to provide the exact ratios because apparently it just has to be exactly the same every time. This lemonade is not overly sweet and has a pinch of salt to balance it out..  

My family gets a little extra cheerful whenever I make this old-fashioned lemonade recipe, Made with the perfect ratio of lemon juice, sugar and water. Thankfully, we are blessed with a very bushy and productive lemon tree. 

 Making lemonade is one of my kids’ favorite activity! Big cheers are usually in order when I ask: Do you want to make lemonade today? 

Lemonade tips:

• You can make lemonade even if all you have is a few lemons. The golden ratio for the lemonade base is: Equal parts: Lemon juice, sugar, and hot water. Then multiply what you get from your base by 3. For example for a single serving: 1/4 cup lemonade base to 3/4 cups cold water over ice.
• You can refrigerate the lemonade base to save room in your fridge and add water or sparkling water every time you make a fresh glass.
• Or make a whole batch at once and freeze extra lemonade to enjoy the most delicious popsicles!

Ingredients 

• 1 cup fresh lemon juice (7 lemons)
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• A pinch of sea salt* (optional)
• 1 cup hot water
• 9 cups cold water
• Ice to fill pitcher

Make It

Lemonade Base

1. Boil water;
2. Halve your lemons, remove any seeds and press over an orange juicer;
3. In a mason jar, dissolve sugar in boiling water;
4. Add fresh lemon juice.
5. Refrigerate lemonade base.

Lemonade

1. Serve 1 part lemonade base over ice and 3 parts water.