Hard Lemonade recipe

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Ingredients

1 lemon
4 cups water, or as needed, divided
1 cup white sugar
6 large lemons, juiced
1 ½ cups vodka
1 cup ice cubes, or as needed
1 large lemon, sliced

Nutrition Info

291.4 calories
carbohydrate: 47.4 g
cholesterol: : -
fat: 0.4 g
fiber: 6.2 g
protein: 1.6 g
saturatedFat: 0.1 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 9.3 mg
sugar: 33.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Zest 1 lemon into large pieces using a knife. Place lemon zest in a saucepan, top with 1 cup water and sugar. Bring lemon zest mixture to a boil, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves and liquid is syrupy, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and cool, remove and discard lemon zest.

  2. Stir lemon juice and vodka together in a pitcher, pour in lemon syrup. Stir in enough water to fill the pitcher.

  3. Fill glasses with ice, pour hard lemonade into each glass. Garnish each glass with a lemon slice.

Recipe Yield

6 servings

Recipe Note

A lemony syrup made by boiling lemon zest with lemon and sugar is the base for this delicious and refreshing hard lemonade with vodka.

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