Vintage Lemonade

By YogiRenee

Ingredients

• 5 lemons
• 1 1/4 cups white sugar
• 1 1/4 quarts water

Preparation

Step 1

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 in the fridge. Serve with ice cubes