Spiced Lemonade Recipe

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Serve this drink over ice in summer or warmed in winter - it's always refreshing. If you have a cold, a warm mug of spiced lemonade will make you feel much better. And when you're feeling great, it'll quench a big thirst, too!

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Spiced Lemonade Recipe

Prep: 10 min. + chilling Cook: 10 min. + cooling

Yield: 8-10 Servings

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Ingredients

6 cups water, divided
3/4 cup sugar
2 cinnamon sticks
6 whole cloves
1 large lime, thinly sliced
1 lemon, thinly sliced
3/4 cup lemon juice
Ice cubes
Additional cinnamon sticks, optional

Directions

In a large saucepan, bring 4 cups water, sugar, cinnamon and cloves to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer 10 minutes. Remove from heat; discard cinnamon and cloves. Cool.
Pour into a large pitcher. Stir in lime, lemon, lemon juice and remaining water. Chill at least 1 hour. Serve in chilled glass over ice. Garnish with cinnamon stick if desired. Can also be served warm. Yield: about 2 quarts.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 cup) equals 66 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 1 mg sodium, 18 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, trace protein.

Originally published as Spiced Lemonade in Country Extra July 1992, p47