Spiked Backyard lemonade

Ingredients

• 2 cups of sugar

• 6-8 lemons, juiced (about 1 ½ cups)

• 4 ½-5 cups of water

• Lemon slices, for garnish

• Fresh mint, for garnish

• Vodka

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Instructions

1. Make lemonade 

   • Make simple syrup, combine two cups of sugar and two cups of water in a pot, stir occasionally until it boils​

     • Let it cool​

   • Juice lemons and set fresh juice off to the side​

   • Combine when simple syrup is cool

   • Add water to taste

2. Garnish the glasses with sprigs of mint and lemon slices (optional)​

3. Ratio 1:3 (vodka; lemonade)

Chef's Notes

1. We used lemons from our tree in the backyard

2. You might need to experiment with the lemonade to get it to your taste