Bray’s Lemonade

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    6

    drinks
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Lemons (A Country Garden Cookbook)

By Christopher Idone

Published 1995

  • About

A friend of mine who grew up in Brownsville, Texas invented this, explaining, “It’s hot down there and I wanted the lemon taste ’til the end.”

Ingredients

  • 2 cups sugar
  • 3 cups lemon juice, approximately 12 large lemons

Method

Prepare the simple syrup: Place the sugar and 4 cups cold water in a saucepan and bring to a boil over high heat, stirring with a wooden spoon until sugar dissolves. Continue to boil for 5 minutes and remove from the heat. Cool and refrigerate in a covered container. Simple syrup keeps for 3 to 4 weeks refrigerated.

In a large pitcher, combine 1-½ cups lemon juice with 1 cup simple syru