State Fair Lemonade

Name: State Fair Lemonade
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 6 lemons; 1 1/4 cups white sugar; 5 cups cold water

⏱️ Ready in 20 min 🥄 Prep 15 min 🔥 Cook 5 min 👥 6 servings

I'm very excited to be showing you how to make real, authentic, vintage lemonade--the kind you might enjoy on a hot summer day at one of those stands at the state fair. Most of us make lemonade just out of lemon juice, but as you may know, the oils in the lemon peel contain a tremendous amount of flavor, and once you drink this, you won't want to go back to drinking it how you used to.

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📊 At a Glance

Prep 15 min

Cook 5 min

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

🛒 Ingredients

6 lemons

1 1/4 cups white sugar

5 cups cold water

Nutrition Facts

Servings per recipe 6

Serving size 1 serving

Amount per serving

Calories 183

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 0.3g 0%

Saturated Fat 0g 0%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 9mg 0%

Total Carbohydrate 53.2g 19%

Dietary Fiber 5.1g 18%

Total Sugars 41.6g

Protein 1.3g 3%

Vitamin D 0mcg 0%

Calcium 0mg 0%

Iron 0mg 0%

Potassium 0mg 0%

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

👨‍🍳 Instructions

Wash lemons and peel off all the zest using a vegetable peeler.

Set peeled lemons aside.

Add the lemon zest to a bowl and cover with sugar.

Cover and let sit for a minimum of 2 hours, or up to overnight.

Bring water to a boil in a pot over high heat; turn off heat and pour in the lemon-sugar mixture.

Stir and let sit until the sugar is completely dissolved, about 5 minutes.

Pour through a mesh strainer back into the same bowl and discard the zest.

Let cool to room temperature, 20 to 30 minutes.

Cut the lemons in half and squeeze into the bowl.

Pour lemonade into a serving pitcher.

Wrap in plastic wrap and chill thoroughly before serving over ice, at least 2 hours.