How To Make Homemade Lavender and Rose Simple Syrups
Ingredients
Lavender simple syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup sugar
- 3 Tbsp lavender buds rinsed (remove the buds from the stems before they flower)
- tiny touch of violet gel food coloring optional
rose simple syrup
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup Rose Water food grade, not the kind for cosmetic use
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 heaping cup rose petals rinsed (the darker your petals, the more color you will get)
Instructions
- To make the lavender syrup ~
- In a small saucepan heat the water, sugar, and lavender until it comes to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Simmer gently for 5 minutes. Depending on the color of your lavender, you may or may not get a pale lavender shade to your syrup. If you want to bump up the color, add a TINY bit of gel paste food coloring. (use a toothpick)
- Let cool and then strain through cheesecloth into a jar or bottle with a tight fitting lid.
- Refrigerate until ready to use. It will keep for a month in the fridge.
- To make rose simple syrup ~
- Heat the water, rose water, sugar and rose petals in a small saucepan until it comes to a simmer, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Simmer gently for 5 minutes.
- Let the liquid cool, then strain into a jar or bottle with a tight fitting lid.
- Refrigerate until ready to use. It will keep for a month.