Sugar Syrup

Name: Sugar Syrup
Ingredients: 1 cup, water; 1 cup, granulated sugar; 1/2 , vanilla bean, with scraped seeds; 3 ounces, fresh blueberries, raspberries, or blackberries; 2 inch piece, ginger, cut into 4 coins; 2 teaspoons, grated lemon zest, lime, or orange

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated July/August 2004

Also known as simple syrup, sugar syrup is commonly used to flavor tea and other beverages, thereby avoiding undissolved sugar granules.

SERVES 1 1/2 cups

TIME 15 minutes, plus 20 minutes cooling

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