Summer Sweet Raspberry Lemonade


     recipe from joythebaker.com
    
     adapted from Simply Recipes

1 cup sugar, for a less sweet lemonade, take the sugar down to 3/4 cup

1 cup water to make the simple syrup

1 cup fresh lemon juice

4 cups cold water 

2 Tablespoons to 1/4 cup raspberry sauce, depending on how much raspberry you like

Make simple syrup by heating the sugar and water in a small saucepan until the sugar is dissolved completely.

While the sugar is dissolving, use a juicer to extract the juice from 4 to 6 lemons, enough for one cup of juice.

Add the juice and the sugar water to a pitcher. Add  4 cups of cold water, more or less to the desired strength.  Add the prepared raspberry sauce and stir to combine.  Refrigerate 30 to 40 minutes. If the lemonade is a little sweet for your taste, add a little more straight lemon juice to it.

Serve over ice.  

Serves 6.