Homemade Lemonade

Now that my summer class if over, I'm going to try to post some of the recipes I've made over the past couple of months. Homemade Lemonade sounds like a great one to start with! Last weekend, I went to one of my best friend's weddings. Amber and I met back in 4th grade, and have been great friends ever since. She looked absolutely gorgeous! As did her decorations and bouquets (which I caught; get ready H ;) haha). Here is a picture of one of her center pieces for the reception tables:

There were probably 20 or more tables, so you can tell that they had more than enough lemons to give away. Ryan and I took home 17! We used the peels to make limoncello (if it turns out I'll post a recipe for it) and the juice to make Homemade Lemonade:

1 cup + 3 cups water, divided
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice

Combine 1 cup water and the sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir until dissolved to create a simple syrup. Cool the simple syrup. Pour the syrup, lemon juice, and 3 cups water into a pitchers. Stir well. Serve with ice, if desired.