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How to easily make simple sugar syrup at home

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How to make sugar syrup at home. Make your own simple sugar syrup for pennies and in 15 minutes of your time. Never spend a dime again on store-bought sugar syrup. Get the printable sugar syrup recipe and learn 8 yummy ways to use sugar syrup!


Sugar syrup is a must-have for anyone who loves making cocktails. Confectioners need it, too. When a recipe for a German torte called for sugar syrup I roamed the shops in search of it.

I found it. But I was not willing to pay the price! For disclosure, I love fancy coffee syrups and I do pay a fortune sometimes to get them. But paying the same for a mixture of nothing more than plain sugar and water?! Are you kidding?

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Why the world needs sugar syrup

Simple syrup is a super nice way to have some more sweetness in my life!

I love that it takes the pain of dissolving sugar away. I hate chewing on pesky sugar grains. Yuck… 
And then there are those store-bought sugar syrups. They could be such a simple solution. If only they were somewhat affordable!

It is water and sugar. Then why do people pay a moon price for it, as we say in German?

We will make our own, perfect simple sugar syrup. Homemade and frugal. And if you don’t know what to do with it, I have our back. Learn 8 ways how to use simple syrup in your kitchen. And never pay moon prices again.

simple sugar syrup

All you need is sugar, water, and a pot. Let’s do this! Learn how to make sugar syrup for cakes at home. Stay tuned for seven more yummy ways to use homemade sugar syrup.

How to make your own simple sugar syrup

Easy Sugar Syrup Recipe

Ingredients:

115 g or generously half a cup of sugar

115 ml or half a cup of water

Mix both ingredients in a saucepan, bring to the boil, stirring occasionally, and let it boil for 10 minutes. Let it cool down completely and fill syrup into clean jars or bottles.

It will keep fresh in the refrigerator for about 12 weeks.

You will end up with around 200 ml of sugar syrup. This small batch will do for moisturizing one sponge cake, for example. You can easily scale the recipe up and make a larger amount. Just use the same amount of water and sugar and you are good to go.

Print out the recipe for your reference:

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Simple Sugar Syrup

Ingredients

  • 115 g or generously half a cup of sugar
  • 115 ml or half a cup of water

Instructions

  1. Mix both ingredients in a saucepan, bring to the boil, stirring occasionally, and let it boil for 10 minutes. Let it cool down completely and fill syrup into clean jars or bottles.

  2. It will keep fresh in the refrigerator for about 12 weeks.


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So, now you have a small batch of simple sugar syrup in your fridge. What will you do with that?

8 yummy Ways to use simple sugar syrup

  1. Create refreshing fruity homemade lemonade, cocktails, or fruit punches. Try this beautiful Kiwi Kooler if you need some extra Vitamin C on a hot day.
  2. Use sugar syrup to brush layer cakes. It will keep them moist and tasty. Apply some sugar syrup before icing the cake and it will keep fresh and moist longer. You need sugar syrup to make original German Schwarzwälder (Black Forest Cake), too.
  3. Make a sorbet. A sorbet is traditionally made with sugar syrup and puréed fruits. Try a refreshing and easy to make Pina Colada Sorbet if you like it creamy, too!sugar syrup in sorbet
  4. Use it to make a sweet dressing for fruit salad. It will keep the fruits from turning brown too soon and glaze them appetizingly.
  5. Pour it over Baklava or other sweet Turkish or Middle-Eastern desserts. Use a generous amount and let it soak the whole thing. Serve chilled. (Or drizzle it just on top of a good old pancake…)homemade sugar syrup recipe
  6. Use it to sweeten iced coffee or other cold beverages. No more yucky sugar grains anywhere! Add a stick of cinnamon when boiling the syrup to have a fancy coffee syrup. Try iced espresso by shaking up a cup of espresso with ice cubes and sugar syrup.
  7. This brings me to: Make a super easy and yet impressive gift from the kitchen! Prepare the syrup with a stick of cinnamon, some cloves, and a small piece of ginger. Strain and put it into a nice glass bottle. Voíla! Winter spice coffee syrup.
  8. Pimp your drinks. Want another fancy taste? Make sugar syrup with lime cests (from organic limes). Then, strain the syrup, and you have a fantastic sweetener to infuse plain old water. Drink your water, honey!

lemon sugar syrup

Now you have this fun list of things to do with sugar syrup! Head into the kitchen and make your own homemade sugar syrup. Enjoy more sweetness in your life!

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