How to Make a Lemon Shake Up

Here in CA, Lemon Shake Ups are hard to find and it important especially during the summer months to know how to make a lemon shake up at home.

Lemon shake ups characterize county fairs across the country and their sweet and refreshing taste leaves many fair-goers wondering how to make a lemon shake up at home.

This is a general recipe used and enjoyed by my family. I hope you enjoy it as well.

The recipe is for 1 16oz serving

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• 16 oz cup
• 2 Lemons
• 1/2 cup sugar
• water
• ice

1. 
   16 oz cup

   Pour 1/2 cup of sugar into your 16oz cup.

2. 
   Lemon Half

   Cut the lemons in half.

3. 
   Hand squeezed

   Hand squeeze the lemons into your 16 oz cup.

4. 
   Put in Cup

   Drop the squeezed lemon halves into the 16 oz cup.

5. 
   ice cubes

   Add ice as desired and fill 16 oz cup with water.

6. 
   shake it up

   Cover the cup and shake it vigorously until the sugar is dissolved. Some people like to stir it, but shaking it up makes it just seem to taste more authentic.

Tips & Warnings

• You may need to transfer drink into an easier container to shake such as a thermos or cleaned out SOBE bottle.
• If you try to avoid sugar, try splenda substitution.
• For a different taste, you may want to boil sugar, lemon combo to make a syrup which can be frozen and used when desired.
• There is always the possibility that your county fair uses a different formula, experiment with the sugar/lemon ratio to get the lemon shake up you are used to.

Resources

• How to make your food a state fair classic