Whip up a glass of freshly squeezed single serving lemonade in under 5 minutes with just a few ingredients! With just a cup of lemonade, there's no sharing required!
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Upon arriving home from vacation and looking into an empty fridge, I found three sources of substance. Leftover lemon cookies, sandwich bread, and 1 lemon.
And since I spent way too much money on eating out while on vacation, I decided it was time to get creative. So I whipped up a peanut butter sandwich, glass of lemonade, and topped it all off with a few bites of a leftover sugar cookie.
Ingredients to Make a Glass of Lemonade:
- Lemon
- Water
- Sugar
No big pitcher or premade mix required, just some good ol' water, sugar, and lemon juice to make a nice and refreshing glass of lemonade. The perfect drink to soothe a sore throat on a 90 degree day.
How to Make Lemonade with Lemon Juice
- Step 1: Cut the lemon in half and squeeze over a bowl. If you have a lemon squeezer tool, this typically works best to get all the juice out but using your hands is just fine.
- Step 2: Remove any seeds that may have landed in the bowl during squeezing.
- Step 3: Heat ¼ cup of water in the microwave (or if your faucet gets super hot, this works too). Once hot, stir in sugar until dissolved. (If you were to just stir the sugar in cold water, it would be grainy.)
- Step 4: Add cold water and lemon juice, stir, top with ice, and you've got yourself a freshly squeezed glass of lemonade!
How many lemons does it take to make a glass of lemonade?
It only takes about 1 large lemon to make a glass of lemonade.
Single Serving Freshly Squeezed Lemonade
Ingredients
- ¼ cup hot water
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- ¾ cup cold water
- 3 Tablespoons FRESH Lemon Juice About 1 large lemon or 2 small
- Lots of ice!
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Instructions
- In a large cup, stir the hot water (¼ cup) and granulated sugar (2 tablespoons) together until dissolved. (For a less sweet drink, start with 1 ½ tablespoons of sugar and add the remaining ½ tablespoon at the end if you want it sweeter.) For lemons that are more tart, you may need to add a little more sugar.
- Add in cold water (¾ cup) and fresh lemon juice (3 tablespoons), then mix.
- Top with ice!
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Notes
Nutrition
With summer pretty much here (how is tomorrow June?!), I anticipate lots of lemonade in my future. As a wise ol' man once said, "Where there is heat, there shall be lemonade..."
Throwing a summer lemonade party? Check out more ideas below!
Kelsey
Just made this with my daughter. She is loving it! We used plain sparkling water in place of the cold water
Melissa
So glad to hear you guys enjoyed the recipe! Thank you so much for leaving a review!
Jennifer
This lemonade is the perfect cup of lemonade in my opinion. Usually one serving of lemonade doesn't turn out tasting the best but this recipe is delicious. Thanks for the recipe I'll be using it often.
Melissa
Thank you so much for the review, Jennifer! I'm so glad you love this recipe!
Elis
Very yummy!
Janet Dukles
This is my go to recipe, my grandson remembered when I made him a glass of fresh squeezed lemonade this summer, now it's 29 days til Christmas and he asks "Grandma can you make me lemonade?" Well of course I can!! Thank you for this easy, delicious recipe!!
Jessica
This was delicious, nice balance of sweet & tart.
Melissa
Thank you so much for leaving a review, Jessica!
Kendra Swafford
Just made this! I used 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar and then sliced a couple strawberries and added to my glass! It’s absolutely delicious thank you for sharing the recipe!
Jason Barrus
Finding this recipe is one of those little things in life that really makes the day better. plus knowing I can do this for the rest of my life now that I know how to make the perfect single serving of lemonade.
Melissa
I'm so glad you loved the recipe, Jason! Thank you so much for leaving a review!
Brooke Weber
Perfect!
Melissa
Thank you so much for leaving a review, Brooke!
Jennifer
So good and refreshing!
Melissa
Thank you so much for leaving a review, Jennifer!
Bobbee
Perfect lemonade in the perfect amount!! It’s nice to not have to have a giant pitcher hogging up the limited fridge space. Delicious; thanks for sharing.
Melissa
So glad you loved this recipe! Thank you so much for leaving a review, I really appreciate it!
Sarah
It was easy and delicious. We only added 1.5 T of sugar.
Lisa Morris
This was very good! It's also very easy to make.
Melissa
Glad to hear you enjoyed the recipe, Lisa! Thank you so much for leaving a review!
dfbns
This was very good! Super easy to make and tasted delicious. You should definitely try it out.
Monica Browness
I used the same amounts as in the recipe. I didn’t bother to use hot water. I stirred the mixture after half filling the glass with room temperature water. It dissolved just fine. Then I topped up the glass with more water.
CAROL
PERFECT, as written! I used 1/2 a lime for fun.
Melissa
Thank you so much for leaving a review, Carol!
CAROL
PERFECT
George
It was way way too sour.
Barbara D’Spain
Very easy to make and refreshing to drink.
Crystal
I LOVED the recipe 😋
Krista
Solid!!! My go to