Staying home means a very limited budget anything I can do to buy less is great. I love ideas that turn something I am keeping around the house into more uses.
I have been making my own syrup this week. I really like those fancy coffee creamers but wanted to cut out corn syrup so I switched to half & half a while back. So then I used a commercial coffe syrup because it was made with sugar, water and flavorings, not corn syrup, and I could add just a teaspoon of the syrup and was happy.
As it ran out I remembered how my mom always made her own pancake syrup with sugar water and maple flavoring. So I heated up some water added some sugar and raspberry extract and almond extract. Excellent addition to my coffee, and I didn't have to buy anything I didn't already have in my cabinet.
Here is the basic recipe folks....
2 cups sugar
1 cup boiling water
1/4 tsp of flavoring of choice.
Next time I may try orange.. butter pecan... amaretto... the possibilites are endless.
4 comments:
That does sound yummy....but I don't drink coffee :( Bummer. Just another drink I'm glad I'm not addicted to like Sprite. lol Enjoy your new mixture!
Oh, wow. That sounds really really good. I'm definitely going to try that.
You make it sound so delicious and easy. For a second I almost thought that I could do it, too - smiles!
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You are so clever! I like the idea of not paying for stuff that you can make yourself. It feels less like you are being bilked and more like you're doing what your grandmother did in times of limited money and/or luxuries. I threw some cinnamon sticks and a slice up bruised apple (which I fished out of the compost bucket) in a pot with water and simmered. The house smelled great. I think Lars thought I had baked a pie. Take that, aerosol sprays!
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