Texas Lemonade Recipes

TEXAS LEMONADE

Steps:

• Pour vodka, lemon juice, and lime juice into a 16-ounce glass; stir. Fill glass with ice. Top off with lemon-lime soda.n

TENNESSEE LEMONADE

Steps:

• In a small sauce pan over high heat, combine sugar and water and bring to a boil. Turn off heat and cool. In a mixing glass, muddle lemon, add bourbon, simple syrup, ice, and triple sec. Shake and pour into a Collins glass, finished with a splash of soda on top. Squeeze a lemon slice on top.
• When we did this in the food processor, it was hard to get the sourdough pretzels to the right shape.

TED'S MONTANA GRILL LEMONADE

Steps:

• Place sugar and 2 1/2 cups water in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Remove sugar syrup from heat and let cool.
• In a large pitcher, mix together cooled sugar syrup, cold water, and lemon juice until well combined. Serve over ice.

STATE FAIR LEMONADE

Steps:

• Wash lemons and peel off all the zest using a vegetable peeler. Set peeled lemons aside. Add the lemon zest to a bowl and cover with sugar. Toss to combine. Cover and let sit for a minimum of 2 hours, or up to overnight.
• Bring water to a boil in a pot over high heat; turn off heat and pour in the lemon-sugar mixture. Stir and let sit until the sugar is completely dissolved, about 5 minutes.
• Pour through a mesh strainer back into the same bowl and discard the zest. Let cool to room temperature, 20 to 30 minutes.
• Cut the lemons in half and squeeze into the bowl. Pour lemonade into a serving pitcher. Wrap in plastic wrap and chill thoroughly before serving over ice, at least 2 hours.

BLUE LEMONADE

Steps:

• Heat 2 cups of water with sugar, until sugar dissolves.
• Continue to heat for 5 minutes or so until it starts to thicken up.
• Add the rest of the water, zest and juice.
• Let cool to room temperature.
• Put the blueberries in a blender and puree.
• Stir berries into the lemonade and let sit for 2 hours at room temperature.
• Strain lemonade and chill before serving.

LEMON TEXAS CAKE

Steps:

• Combine flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, eggs, and sour cream. Beat at medium speed of an electric mixer until blended.
• Combine 1 cup butter and water, lemon rind, lemon juice and lemon extract in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. Add to flour mixture, stirring well. Pour into a greased and floured 15 x 10 x 1 inch jellyroll pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 20 minutes.
• Combine remaining 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp of butter, milk and 1 tsp lemon extract in saucepna; bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Gradually add powdered sugar, stirring until mixture is spreading consistency. Spread frosting on top of cake. Let cool completely in pan on a wire rack.