Simple syrup how to make

Simple Syrup Recipe

If you can boil water, you can make simple syrup. The staple cocktail sweetener more than earns its name, consisting, simply, of equal-parts granulated sugar and water. From there, the variations are endless. Like your sweetener sweeter? Up the ratio to two to one, sugar to water. Looking to add a little zip to your Paloma or oomph to your Old Fashioned? Steep a couple of jalapeño slices or cinnamon sticks.

The best part? Your homemade simple syrup, once sealed and refrigerated, can live a happy, productive life for up to a month. That’s 30 days shaking, stirring, blending and drinking your own homemade cocktails. Now doesn’t that sound sweet?

 

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup water

Steps

1. Add the sugar and water to a small saucepan over medium heat.
2. Stir until sugar is dissolved.
3. Let cool, then pour into a glass jar and seal tightly with a lid.
4. Simple syrup will keep, refrigerated, for about one month.