Brown Sugar Syrup
on Apr 13, 2024
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Sweeten your coffee and tea with brown sugar simple syrup for a rich, caramel-like flavor. It’s incredibly easy to make at home using 2 ingredients.
Easy Brown Sugar Syrup
Brown sugar syrup is a simple syrup that’s made with brown sugar instead of white, granulated sugar. Simple sugar is liquid sugar, which makes it easy to add to drinks, especially iced beverages since it mixes in well.
Made with just brown sugar and water, light or dark brown sugar can be used to make the syrup.
Brown sugar has a deep, caramel flavor since it’s made with molasses and it tastes great in iced coffee and iced tea.
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Recipe Highlights
- An easy 2-ingredient recipe that’s made in less than 5 minutes.
- Make a batch and store it in the refrigerator to have on hand to flavor and sweeten drinks.
- The recipe makes a cup of brown sugar syrup.
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Ingredient Notes
- Brown sugar: Any kind of brown sugar works but if you want a richer, more caramel flavor, go for dark brown sugar since it contains more molasses.
- Water: Use filtered water for a better tasting simple syrup.
For full ingredients and detailed instructions, please see the recipe card at the bottom of the post.
Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1: Put brown sugar and water in a saucepan and simmer. Stir to make sure sugar dissolves completely.
Take off heat and cool.
Step 2: Pour brown sugar syrup into an airtight container.
Expert Tips
- This recipe makes a cup of brown sugar syrup which is 16 tablespoons. Use 1-2 tablespoons of syrup to sweeten each cup of coffee or tea.
- If you want to give your brown sugar syrup an upgrade, add a little vanilla extract, which I consider a flavor enhancer. It’s not necessary, but if you have it, use it. Add a teaspoon of vanilla extract to the recipe.
- The syrup is good for 3 weeks when stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Questions You May Have
It’s not necessary to boil the water. You can even stir brown sugar in hot water until the sugar dissolves.
Yup, you can make a brown sugar steamer which is brown sugar syrup stirred into a cup of warm milk. It’s basically a kid-friendly latte. Use 1-2 tablespoons of syrup into a cup.
Brown sugar is white sugar with molasses added. You can make brown sugar at home if you have the two ingredients. To make dark brown sugar, combine a cup of white sugar and 1/4 cup of molasses. (Use any kind of molasses except blackstrap.)
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Easy Brown Sugar Syrup
Ingredients
- ¾ cup water
- ¾ cup brown sugar
Instructions
- Put brown sugar and water in a saucepan and simmer.Stir to make sure sugar dissolves completely.
- Take off heat and cool.
- Pour syrup into an airtight container.The syrup will keep for 3 weeks in the refrigerator.
Notes
- Recipe makes 1 cup (16 tablespoons) of syrup. Use 1- 2 tablespoons of syrup per 1 cup of coffee.
- It’s not necessary to boil the water. You can even stir brown sugar in hot water until the sugar dissolves.
- Light or dark brown sugar can be used. The difference between light and dark brown sugar is how much molasses is in it and the more there is, the more caramel and toffee flavor the syrup will have. If you want a richer, more caramel flavor, go for dark brown sugar since it contains more molasses.
- If you want to give your brown sugar syrup an upgrade, add a little vanilla extract, which I consider a flavor enhancer. It’s not necessary, but if you have it, use it. Add a teaspoon of vanilla extract to the recipe.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
