Old-Fashioned Lemonade - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Sugar Syrup
2 lemons, zest of, grated
2 cups sugar
2 cups water
Lemonade
2 cups fresh lemon juice (about 12 lemons, with half of the rinds reserved and roughly chopped)
3 cups cold water

Preparation

To make the sugar syrup, in a medium saucepan combine the zest, sugar and water.
Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
Remove from the heat, cover and let steep for 15 minutes.
Transfer the syrup to a 2-quart pitcher.
Let cool.
Add the lemon juice, chopped lemon rinds and cold water.
Stir well to combine.
Chill until very cold.
Serve over ice.