Mark Bittman

Sugar Syrup

Preparation info
  • Makes

    1 cup

    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      10 min

Appears in
The Best Recipes in the World: More Than 1,000 International Dishes to Cook at Home
The Best Recipes in the World

By Mark Bittman

Published 2005

  • About

A basic ingredient in mixed drinks and elsewhere; convenient and elegant for iced tea, too.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup sugar

Method

  1. Combine the sugar with 1 cup water in a small saucepan over medium heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the sugar dissolves, about 5 minutes. Cool.
  2. Cover and refrigerate; it will keep indefinitely.