Lemonade Concentrate – From Scratch

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   This involves some judgement -

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   Microwave your lemons for 1.5 minutes. Roll them on the counter to release the juice. Juice 'em!

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   Measure your juice. However many cups you end up with will also be the measurements for your water and sugar. This is a strict 1-1-1 relationship. If I end up with 3.75 cups of juice, I put in 3.75 cups of water and 3.75 cups of sugar.

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   Dump it all into a pot and bring to a boil (make sure you've got lots of headroom in the pot - this will bubble.)

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   As soon as it boils, it's ready to can! Drop it into pint sized canning jars, water bath for 15 minutes. Makes 6-8 pints, depending on how much juice you get.

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   Each pint will equal a single container of lemonade. Add the concentrate to your pitcher and then add in water, I add about 3-4 pints of water because this is a concentrate, or to taste, and maybe some mint, or mint tea and VOILA! You have homemade lemonade in the snow in February!

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