Daddy's Lemonade

This perfectly sweet and oh-so-sour drink makes me so happy

Whenever my Daddy would visit us or when we would visit him in Tennessee, he would make us his fresh squeezed lemonade. It was truly his specialty and he would squeeze bags and bags of lemons. Not with a juicer either, by hand! As soon as one pitcher ran out he would just make more.

His lemonade is the sweetest, best thing you could ever taste. Foolishly, I never asked him write the recipe down for me so I squeezed up a version that is spot on. I knew I had an exact match when the sugar in one gallon reached 4 cups. YES: FOUR CUPS.

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​My Daddy's Lemonade

Ingredients

• 1 large bag of lemons
• 4 cups of sugar
• Water
• Ice

Directions

• Bring a saucepan of water and 4 cups of sugar to a simmer to make a simple syrup. (just enough water to cover the sugar will be fine).
• Squeeze about a dozen lemons.
• Allow sugar mixture to cool and put in a gallon size pitcher along with lemon juice and a few of the squeezed lemons and add lots of ice and then fill to the top with water. ​