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Old Fashioned Lemonade

By Sheila Lukins

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Each squeezed lemon yields about 1/6 cup of juice.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Makes 12 servings

Ingredients

4 cups fresh lemon juice (about 24 lemons), strained
8 cups water
1 cup sugar
Ice, for serving
3 lemons, thinly sliced, for serving

Preparation

  1. Pour the strained lemon juice into a large container. Add water and sugar, then stir until the sugar dissolves. Pack in an insulated drink cooler or Thermos. Serve the lemonade in glasses over ice garnished with a lemon slice. Makes 3 quarts without ice.

Nutrition Per Serving

Nutritional analysis per serving: 80 calories
24g carbs
no protein
fat
or cholesterol.
#### Nutritional analysis provided by PARADE
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