Coffee Syrup

Name: Coffee Syrup
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8 servings (1 cup syrup)
Ingredients: 1/2 cup finely ground coffee; 2 cups cold water; 1 cup sugar

Total Time Prep: 10 min. Cook: 35 min. + chilling

Yield 8 servings (1 cup syrup)

Test Kitchen Approved

This coffee syrup recipe creates a brilliantly bold, perfectly sweet syrup that adds a rich coffee flavor to drinks, cocktails and your favorite baked treats.

Ingredients

1/2 cup finely ground coffee
2 cups cold water
1 cup sugar

Directions

Place ground coffee in filter basket of a drip coffeemaker. Add 2 cups cold water to water reservoir and brew according to manufacturer's directions.
In a small saucepan, combine coffee and sugar; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer until reduced by half, about 30 minutes. Remove from heat; transfer to a small bowl or covered container. Refrigerate, covered, until cold or up to 2 weeks.

Nutrition Facts

2 tablespoons syrup: 101 calories, 0 fat (0 saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 4mg sodium, 26g carbohydrate (25g sugars, 0 fiber), 0 protein.

Stirring this bold, rich and perfectly sweetened coffee syrup into milk gives you coffee milk, Rhode Island’s official state drink. This syrup is also brilliant in easy mixed drinks like white Russians and espresso martinis. —Taste Recipes Test Kitchen

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