Pink Lemonade

Ingredients

1 ¼ cups sugar
¾ cup maraschino cherry juice
½ cup boiling water
4 ½ cups cold water
1 ½ cups fresh lemon juice

Combine sugar and boiling water, stirring until sugar dissolves. Stir in cold water, lemon juice, and cherry juice. Serve over ice.Note: In testing, we used a portion of the juice from a 10-ounce jar of maraschino cherries, reserving the cherries for other uses.

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Variations on Pink Lemonade

- 10 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup grenadine
- 1 cup lemon juice
- 1/2 pint fresh raspberries or strawberries (optional)
- Zest of 2 lemons, peeled off in strips with a vegetable peeler (avoid the white pith)
- 1-1/2 cups granulated sugar
- +1 other ingredients
Pink Lemonade
- 5 cups cold water
- 1 cup sugar
- Ice
- 1 cup fresh lemon juice
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup chopped watermelon