Limoncello

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Directions

Wash the lemons in hot water, scrubbing thoroughly. With a vegetable peeler, remove the peel. Scrape away all the white pith on the back of the peel with a knife. Put the peels in a 4-quart Mason jar. Add 1 bottle of Vodka; stir. Seal the jar. Place in a dark cabinet for at least 2 weeks and up to a month. ??After at least 2 weeks and up to a month, take out the lemon-Vodka mixture. In a sauce pan over high heat, stir the sugar and water together; boil for 5 minutes. Let the sugar syrup cool completely in the pan, about 10 minutes. Add the sugar syrup to the lemon-Vodka mixture. Stir in the second bottle of Vodka. Re-seal the jar; return to the cabinet for 2 more weeks. Strain the mixture; discard the lemon peel. Pour into clean bottles with caps or corks. Keep a bottle in the freezer until ready to use. (Store extra bottles in the pantry) Serve, icy cold, in vodka or shot glasses.