Lemonade

recipe by Allrecipes

This great in my strawberry lemonade recipe.

Ingredients

• 1 3/4 cups white sugar
• 8 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups lemon juice

Directions

1. In a small saucepan, combine sugar and 1 cup water. Bring to boil and stir to dissolve sugar. Allow to cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until chilled.
2. Remove seeds from lemon juice, but leave pulp. In pitcher, stir together chilled syrup, lemon juice and remaining 7 cups water.

Strawberry Lemonade

Strawberry Lemonade
1 pint fresh Strawberries
1-2 tablespoons of Sugar
1 can frozen Minute Maid Lemonade or fresh lemonade
Fresh Lemon slices (optional)
Prepare lemonade as directed on can. In a separate bowl, add strawberries.
Mash strawberries and add sugar. Add sweetened strawberries to lemonade. Add lemon slices. Pour over ice and enjoy.

The longer it sits, the pinker it becomes. This is 24 hours after it was made. Honestly, it usually doesn't last that long around our house.  I double the recipe for this large container.