A bunch of us got together a couple of weeks ago for Brea's birthday. I was put in charge of bringing a drink, and as I stopped drinking soda a month or so ago I really wanted to find a drink that was delicious and it at all possible did not include soda. My Mom had suggested that I could take juice or I thought that I would just take soda and then drink water. But at the last minute Saturday night I went searching through pinterest and blogs and found this drink that was supposed to be amazing...and it was! Everyone kept going back and forth to the kitchen to get more (finally to make it easier, especially for the pregnant ladies, we brought it into the living room). I didn't have the directions and threw the water in before the water was boiling, I'm not sure if that really changed anything but I added a little more sugar because it just needed a little more sweetness ;)
Copycat Cheesecake Factory
Raspberry Lemonade
Recipe came from The Sexy Knitter
Makes 2 quarts
Ingredients:
Ingredients:
1 cup water
1 cup sugar
1 cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen raspberries
Extra sugar for sugaring the rim of your glass
Directions:
Bring the cup of water to a boil. Add the sugar and stir constantly for one minute until sugar is thoroughly dissolved; remove from heat and add to a blender with raspberries. Puree until smooth. Add puree to 2-quart container with lemon juice and enough water to make 2 quarts. Chill before serving. Serve over ice in sugared glasses. (Or, you know, glass, if you're going to hoard it.)
To sugar your glass, run one of your lemon rinds around the edge of the glass to moisten. Dip rim into dry sugar until coated to your liking.
Bring the cup of water to a boil. Add the sugar and stir constantly for one minute until sugar is thoroughly dissolved; remove from heat and add to a blender with raspberries. Puree until smooth. Add puree to 2-quart container with lemon juice and enough water to make 2 quarts. Chill before serving. Serve over ice in sugared glasses. (Or, you know, glass, if you're going to hoard it.)
To sugar your glass, run one of your lemon rinds around the edge of the glass to moisten. Dip rim into dry sugar until coated to your liking.
