Mom's Pink Lemonade
Mom’s Pink Lemonade
Note. I like my lemonade pretty tart but you can adjust the measurements to make it as sweet or as tart as you like.
Ingredients
Makes 8 cups of lemonade
½ cup sugar (I used coconut sugar)
5 ½ cups water, divided
Peel of 1 lemon
2 cups freshly squeezed lemon juice (about 10 lemons)
2 tablespoons grape juice (or 4 tablespoons cranberry juice)
Small pinch of salt
Directions
In a small saucepan combine ½ cup water, lemon peel, and sugar.
Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer, and cook until the sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from the heat and set aside.
In a large bowl combine remaining 5 cups of water, lemon juice, grape juice, and salt.
Remove lemon peel from the syrup and stir syrup into the lemonade.
Strain lemonade into a large pitcher and refrigerate (if you like your lemonade with the lemon pulp don’t strain it.)
When ready to serve, pour into ice-filled glasses garnished with a couple of lemon slices.