Do you enjoy fun cocktails, flavored iced coffee or tea in the summer? Then you will love this recipe! It is so easy and you get to control the ingredients!
This is a great basic simple syrup recipe that you can add your own flavor to. I like to add basil, rosemary or thyme for an herbed simpled syrup that can be used in a cocktail with limoncello and vodka or in a dessert like my Raspberry Lemon and Thyme Tiramisu. Add a vanilla bean and you can make vanilla iced coffee. Add mint and you can sweeten your iced tea or make a mojito. You can even add fruit and make a blueberry simple syrup to mix with your lemonade.
Simple Syrup
Ingredients
1 cup of water
1 cup of sugar
Directions
Add water and sugar to small saucepan over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Pour into a glass container and allow to cool. Cover and keep in fridge for up to 2 weeks.
If you are adding flavors:
Blueberry Simple Syrup: Add about 3/4 of a cup of blueberries with the water and sugar. Follow recipe above and strain blueberries before pouring into container.
Vanilla Simple Syrup: Add a vanilla bean with the water and sugar. Follow recipe above and strain before pouring into container.
Mint, Rosemary, Thyme or basil Simple Syrup: Add herbs with the water and sugar. Follow recipe above but allow to cool for 5 to 10 minutes in sauce pan then strain before pouring into container.
Your imagination is the only limit! What is your favorite summer drink?
I love the addition of the herbs to a simple syrup! So smart!
They add a great subtle flavor!
Oooh! This is great! I use this in my frosé recipe.
I’m a sucker for sweeeeet drinks – I bet this would make a good base for a strawberry lemonade.
Definitely! Basil simple syrup in strawberry lemonade would be delicious!!
We are trying to get more fluid into my grandfather. I think he would like tea flavored with simple syrup.
I hope this will help!