Bonnie's Lemonade
Traditional lemonade recipe using fresh lemons, sugar, and water. This is a special family recipe handed down to Bonnie the Dirigible Gnome of World Dungeon: Earth.
Ingredients
Simple syrup:
- 1 ½ cups water
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
Lemonade:
- 1 to 1 ½ cups simple syrup (depending on lemon tartness)
- 1 cup lemon juice (approximately 5 medium lemons)
- 2 quarts cold water
Instructions
Make simple syrup
- Combine water and sugar in a small to medium pot.
- Bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat until the mixture is just simmering. Cook for about 10 minutes.
- Let cool. Store any leftovers in a glass jar in the fridge for up to a week.
Make lemonade
- Juice fresh lemons until you have about 1 cup of juice.
- In a 2-quart pitcher, mix together 1 cup simple syrup and the cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice.
- Add cold water up to about 1 3/4 quarts (so there is still room to stir).
- Stir lemonade and taste. Add more simple syrup if needed, then top off the rest of the way with cold water. If you're casting any magic spells on the lemonade, now is the time.
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