Coffee Syrups
Basic Syrup
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
Boil water, add sugar and remove from heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
Brown Sugar, Cinnamon, Nutmeg
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp nutmeg
Follow directions for basic syrup. Add spices after water is off the heat and sugar is dissolved and whisk often as the syrup cools.
Optional: add cinnamon sticks to cooling syrup for more intense flavor.
Vanilla
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 vanilla beans
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
Make a basic syrup. Split the vanilla beans and scrape out the vanilla. Add both the paste and beans to the syrup. Once the syrup has cooled add the vanilla extract.
Katy's fav Unsweetened Cinnamon Syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 2 broken cinnamon sticks
To prevent clumps of cinnamon, boil the water with the cinnamon. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook over low heat for 5 minutes, whisking often.
Optional: Add maple syrup.
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