Freshly Squeezed Lemonade
Over Labor Day weekend, I went to a lovely little picnic with some great friends. It was a beautiful end of summer day and I wanted to bring something refreshing to drink. I bought a bunch of lemons and whipped up some freshly squeezed lemonade.
I was a bit naive about how much lemonade I’d get from my big stack of lemons. After squeezing 10 lemons, my pitcher was still only about 2/3 full. But this lemonade was definitely worth the effort. It just tastes like summertime dancing around in your mouth.
One Year Ago: Elote
Freshly Squeezed Lemonade
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients:
For the simple syrup
1/2 cup water
1/2 cup sugar
For the Lemonade
3/4 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice (from about 5 lemons)
1 1/2 cups water
Directions:
First, prepare the simple syrup by heating the sugar and water over medium heat just until the sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
Pour lemon juice into a small pitcher and add 1 1/2 cups water.
Pour the simple syrup into the pitcher and stir.
Taste for sweeteness/tartness and add additional sugar or water, if desired.
Add ice to individual glasses and serve.
Recipe adapted from Confections of a Foodie Bride
I am Jen the Beantown Baker. Engineer by day and baking maven by night. Hubby serves as my #1 fan and official taste tester. We got hitched back in 2006. Barefoot. In the sand. With the waves crashing behind us. It was one of the best decisions we’ve ever made. 
I made this for my family get-together and everyone loved it. It came out pretty soggy, though, so I’ll need to try to get the extra juices out of the fruits before cooking. I also didn’t pre-heat the baking pan under the pie dish so that may have contributed too. Thanks for this recipe!
beantownbaker — August 12th, 2013 @ 7:40 pm
So glad you guys enjoyed it!
Outstanding! We were able to use our fresh peaches and sweet cherries to make this wonderful pie. I did make the following adjustments: I only used half cup of sugar in the pie filling, and in the crumble topping I used 1/4 brown sugar and 2 tbsp. sugar, and I reduced the butter to 3 tbsp. melted. I used a fork to press the crumble ingredients together (in pastry cutter style) until it became crumbly. It was absolutely delicious and I know I’ll be making it again and again.
beantownbaker — September 2nd, 2014 @ 7:24 pm
So glad you liked this recipe. I’m making it again myself this week.
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