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Vintage Lemonade

Name: Vintage Lemonade
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: U.S.
Ingredients: 5 lemons; 1.25 cups white sugar; 1.25 quarts water

Lemons, sugar, and water--in a process that has been handed down since the 19th century. A true classic of a lemonade recipe.

1 hr 5 min total 45 min prep 20 min cook 4 269 cal

Ingredients

4 serv.

5 lemons
1.25 cups white sugar
1.25 quarts water

Instructions

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1 Peel the rinds from the 5 lemons and cut them into 1/2 inch slices. Set the lemons aside.
2 Place the rinds in a bowl and sprinkle the sugar over them. Let this stand for about one hour, so that the sugar begins to soak up the oils from the lemons.
3 Bring water to a boil in a covered saucepan and then pour the hot water over the sugared lemon rinds. Allow this mixture to cool for 20 minutes and then remove the rinds.
4 Squeeze the lemons into another bowl. Pour the juice through a strainer into the sugar mixture. Stir well, pour into pitcher and pop it in the fridge! Serve with ice cubes.