After seeing a recipe for homemade lemonade I decided I would try my hand at making my own lemonade with a twist. I knew how to make lemonade and a sugar water ( honestly I cannot think of the exact name of it at the moment.) so I decided to make my own lemonade, but I didn't have enough lemons so I decided to add the 10 flying saucers/donut peaches.
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Kingsburg Orchards
I picked them while shopping at Walmart. Actually it's a strange story how I found them. I was grocery shopping at Walmart almost ready to leave, but I wanted to pick up some fresh fruit and veggies before leaving so I went to the produce section. When I came around the corner a really strong smell grabbed my attention that smelled really really good. So I asked the produce worker what the smell that smelled really sweet. She looked at me a little strange and I really cannot blame her. How many people ask what smells so good at a grocery store? She told me I don't really know, but it might be peaches so I went looking for the sweet smell. I did find it once I smell from a little distance the different fruit in the produce section. This things smelled as delicious as they tasted once I went home. They don't come loose like most peaches they come in a mesh bag like the oranges or onion you see in the produce section. They are so... so... good
Homemade Peach Lemonade
8 small-medium sized lemon
10 ripe flying saucers (You can use small peaches.)
3 cups white sugar
Cut lemons and flying saucers or peaches in half.
Squeeze lemons and flying saucers or peaches by hand or with a juicer into a bowl. I hand squeezed them since I couldn't find my juicer.
Pour juice from both through a strainer or remove seeds from juice.
Bring a 5 quart saucepan 3/4 full of water to a boil. Pour sugar into saucepan then stir until sugar crystals are dissolved.
Pour sugar mixture into gallon pitcher then stir in lemon and peach juice. Stir well and taste with a spoon. If it is too tart fill the remaining pitcher with water. Stir again and serve with ice.
