Best Strawberry Lemonade Ever

Ingredients

• 12 fresh strawberries, hulled and quartered
• 1/4 cup white sugar
• 7 cups water, divided
• 3/4 cup white sugar
• 1 cup lemon juice
• 2 cups ice cubes

Directions

Mix strawberries and 1/4 cup sugar together in a bowl; set aside for juices to release from strawberries, 5 to 10 minutes.

Bring 1 cup water to a boil in a small saucepan; add 3/4 cup sugar. Cook and stir sugar mixture until sugar is dissolved, about 5 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat and cool simple syrup to room temperature.

Stir simple syrup, 6 cups water, lemon juice, and ice together in a pitcher. Add sweetened strawberries and stir.