Applebees Strawberry Lemonade Recipe Copycat

APPLEBEE'S LEMONADE

Steps:

• Mix first three togther.
• Fill a tall glass 2/3 to 3/4 with Lemon mixture then fill with sparkling water.
• An interesting variation is to puree some fruit (raspberries, strawberries, etc.) with a little superfine or powdered sugar and put that in the glass before adding the the lemonade and water.

APPLEBEE'S STRAWBERRY LEMONADE RECIPE (COPYCAT)

Steps:

• Peel the skin from the lemon and place into a saucepan.
• Pour ¼ cup of sugar and the water into the saucepan, set the saucepan on medium heat.
• Bring the water to a boil then reduce to a simmer and cook for 1 minute.
• Remove the saucepan from the heat and allow it to cool.
• Into a bowl add the remaining sugar and strawberries, allow them to marinate for 15 minutes.
• Strain the strawberry syrup from the strawberries, set the strawberries aside as a snack, garnish or for another recipe.
• Pour the strawberry syrup into a jug then also strain the lemon syrup into the jug.
• Slice the remaining lemons in half then squeeze the juice into the jug, add ½ cup water and the sparkling water.
• Chill the jug in the refrigerator or serve the Applebee's strawberry lemonade with ice cubes.