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!
Mary says
This is quick, easy and very refreshing. We are experiencing 90° weather in Arizona so this lemonade hit the spot. I followed the directions but only used a tablespoon and a half of sugar. I mixed all ingredients except lemon juice, shook it well and once it was cool, I added the lemon juice and shook again. Next I’m going to blend in some strawberries. I like this recipe as it’s always taste fresh whereas if you make a large quantity and don’t drink right away it doesn’t taste as fresh. Thank you for sharing.
Melissa says
I am so happy to hear you enjoyed this recipe, Mary! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a review, I really appreciate it!
Bill says
Tasted great! I has some fresh-squeezed lemon juice left over from making lemon tea cakes, and I hate to throw any leftovers out! I make a lot of small-batch recipes from things left over. My search brought me here, so I made a glass of fresh lemonade from this recipe. The hard part was waiting for my glass of lemonade to chill completely. I thought about using some ice in place of some of the cold water, but I didn't want to change the recipe before trying it the first time. Thanks for the recipe!!
Melissa says
Thank you so much for leaving a review, Bill! I really appreciate it and I'm so glad you enjoyed the recipe!
Karla Morring says
This recipe was simple and delicious! I did add more sugar because I love sweet lemonade. This recipe is a keeper! Thank you for sharing!
Melissa says
Thank you so much for leaving a review, Karla! I really appreciate it!
Teryl Nelson says
Sounds good. Can I use brown guard instead of white granulated?
Melissa says
It won't dissolve as well but you can definitely try it!
Kelsey says
Just made this with my daughter. She is loving it! We used plain sparkling water in place of the cold water
Melissa says
So glad to hear you guys enjoyed the recipe! Thank you so much for leaving a review!
Jennifer says
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 says
Thank you so much for the review, Jennifer! I'm so glad you love this recipe!
Elis says
Very yummy!
Janet Dukles says
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 says
This was delicious, nice balance of sweet & tart.
Melissa says
Thank you so much for leaving a review, Jessica!
Kendra Swafford says
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 says
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 says
I'm so glad you loved the recipe, Jason! Thank you so much for leaving a review!
Brooke Weber says
Perfect!
Melissa says
Thank you so much for leaving a review, Brooke!
Jennifer says
So good and refreshing!
Melissa says
Thank you so much for leaving a review, Jennifer!
Bobbee says
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 says
So glad you loved this recipe! Thank you so much for leaving a review, I really appreciate it!
Sarah says
It was easy and delicious. We only added 1.5 T of sugar.
Lisa Morris says
This was very good! It's also very easy to make.
Melissa says
Glad to hear you enjoyed the recipe, Lisa! Thank you so much for leaving a review!