Minted Lemonade

  • Level: Easy
  • Total: 20 min
  • Prep: 20 min
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Ingredients

2 cups sugar

6 cups water

2 cups fresh lemon juice

1/2 cup mint leaves

Directions

  1. To make simple syrup: Place 2 cups sugar and 2 cups water in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir until sugar is dissolved and let cool. Place lemon juice in a large pitcher, add remaining 4 cups water and 1 cup of the simple syrup or more to taste. Stir in mint leaves and refrigerate for 1 hour. Serve over ice.

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Joan D.

We picked the lemons from my grandparents lemon tree, and then we took them home to make lemonade. I recommend 1  1/2 cups of simple syrup. We were out of mint but the whole family loved it anyway. Next time we will take some mint from grandma’s garden. 

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