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Homemade Vanilla Coffee Syrup

Homemade Vanilla Coffee Syrup: With only a few ingredients, you can make delicious homemade vanilla syrup to flavor your coffee, tea, sodas, and cocktails.

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
15 mins
Servings: 24

Ingredients

  • 1 ¾ cups water
  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
  • ½ cup packed light brown sugar
  • 1 vanilla bean split in half
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Instructions

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  1. In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, whisk together water, sugar, and vanilla bean.
  2. Bring to a boil and reduce heat.
  3. Simmer for about five minutes - the sugar should be completely dissolved.
  4. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract.
  5. Once simple syrup has cooled, remove the vanilla bean and pour the syrup into a glass jar or bottle.
  6. Store in refrigerator.

Notes

  • Homemade vanilla coffee syrup will keep in the refrigerator for at least 2 weeks. 
  • If you do not have a vanilla bean handy, substitute for 1 tablespoon of vanilla bean paste. Add the paste at the same time as the vanilla extract.
  • Makes 3 cups of syrup.