Vintage Lemonade

In the 1800's this is how people made lemonade—you can do it too! It's not that difficult, and tastes wonderful!

Ingredients

5 lemons

1 ¼ cups white sugar

1 ¼ quarts water

Directions

Step 1: Peel the rinds from the 5 lemons and cut them into 1/2 inch slices. Set the lemons aside.

Step 2: Place the rinds in a bowl and sprinkle the sugar over them. Let this stand for about one hour, so that the sugar begins to soak up the oils from the lemons.

Step 3: Bring water to a boil in a covered saucepan and then pour the hot water over the sugared lemon rinds. Allow this mixture to cool for 20 minutes and then remove the rinds.

Step 4: Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Mix together the egg yolk and 1 tablespoon of water in a cup or small bowl. Brush onto the tops of the rolls. Position 2 oven racks so they are not too close to the top or bottom of the oven.

Step 5: Squeeze the lemons into another bowl. Pour the juice through a strainer into the sugar mixture. Stir well, pour into pitcher and pop it in the fridge! Serve with ice cubes.