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Best Lemonade Recipe

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This is the best lemonade recipe we’ve tried so far! It’s perfectly sweetened and has just the right amount of citrus from lemons and oranges! You can add in other fruit like strawberries for strawberry lemonade or raspberries for raspberry lemonade!
best lemonade recipe using oranges and lemons
Always wondering how to make a good lemonade? Well you’ll definitely be using this Orange Lemonade recipe at your next lemonade stand! It’s the best lemonade recipe without lemons we have made! It’s like the perfect lemonade recipe, but with oranges. Like an orangeade, but with both lemons and oranges! You can even add berries like strawberries and make a strawberry lemonade or raspberries for a raspberry lemonade with it.

Best Lemonade Recipe with Oranges

This best lemonade recipe is the real deal! It's sweetened with sugar and oranges.
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Course: Drinks
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 8
Calories: 128kcal
Author: Courtney

Ingredients

  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 2 cups water
  • 2 cups fresh squeezed orange juice (about 8 large navel oranges)
  • 1-1/2 cups fresh squeezed lemon juice (about 5-7 large lemons)
  • 4-5 cups of cold water

Instructions

  • Squeeze the juice from oranges and lemons. Set aside.
  • In a medium pot over medium heat, combine sugar and water. Stir until sugar has dissolved and remove from heat.
  • Add the sugar water, orange juice, lemon juice and cold water to a gallon pitcher and stir. Refrigerate until ready to use or pour over ice to enjoy now.

Notes

If you feel like this recipe is too sweet, cut the sugar by 1/2 a cup or add more cold water at the end. If you feel like you want it to be more tart, add 1/4 cup more lemon juice.

Nutrition

Calories: 128kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Sodium: 4mg | Potassium: 139mg | Sugar: 30g | Vitamin A: 125IU | Vitamin C: 36.9mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 0.1mg

The nutritional information is automatically calculated and can vary based ingredients and products used. If the nutrition numbers are important for you we recommend calculating them yourself.

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About Courtney

Family, Food, and Photography are Courtney's passions and you'll see all of that on this blog. She is happily married to her husband Chris and together they have two amazing kiddos!

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  1. shelly peterson

    I love lemonade! This recipe sounds really good. I would love to blend it up ant try it as a slushie.

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  2. Elisabeth

    I have had some major citrus cravings while I’m pregnant, I’ll have to try this!

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