Caramelized sugar with vanilla into a delicious syrup!
Author:Tim
Prep Time:5
Cook Time:15
Total Time:20 minutes
Yield:1 cup1x
Ingredients
Scale
3/4 cup sugar
1 cup water
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
Pour the sugar and 1/2 cup water into a saucepan
Place the remaining half cup water over lowest heat in a separate pan
Place the sugar mixture over medium heat and gently stir with a whisk until the sugar is mostly dissolved and it begins a low boil – about 2-3 minutes
Stop whisking and let it boil, untouched, until it begins to turn color – about 10 more minutes. Do not leave this unattended at any time!
At the first sign of turning color you can briefly lift and swirl the pan once or twice while it is boiling and continuing to change color
Warning: after any portion of it first changes color it will finish quickly, within a minute or two at most. If you overcook it, it will burn and turn bitter. This is more about watching the color instead of a certain amount of time.
When the color is right and matches the final photo above, remove from the heat and whisk in the pre-heated water and vanilla extract
Let it cool, then bottle and refrigerate unntil ready to use.