Bring the flavors of spring to your cocktails, lemonades, and lattes with this quick and easy Lavender Simple Syrup! This lavender syrup is made with dried lavender blossoms steeped with sugar and water to create a sweet, aromatic floral syrup. If you’re wondering how to use it, I’ll be sharing several recipes in the coming days to highlight that incredible lavender flavor without feeling like you’ve stuck your face in a bouquet 😉

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Ingredients

Here’s what you’ll need to recreate this Lavender Simple Syrup recipe:

Water
Sugar – You’ll need equal parts water and granulated sugar for this simple syrup (and most others).
Culinary lavender – You might be able to find this in the spice section of your local store, but this is an ingredient I actually prefer to buy online. I like this brand and you get a lot of lavender. If you want to avoid having to strain out the lavender from the syrup, you could try lavender extract instead.
Violet food coloring – totally an optional ingredient, but a necessary one if you want to achieve the color I did. I’ve also tried making this syrup with but t erfly pea flowers and butterfly pea powder as a natural coloring alternative, but I prefer the food coloring to avoid it turning pink when it comes in contact with an acidic ingredient like lemon juice.

For best results, strain your syrup through a cheesecloth to avoid any floating debris in the final product. Obviously the fine mesh strainer does the heavy lifting, but I preferred the results when I used the strainer with a cheesecloth set into it.

How to

Make It Colorful

As you can see in the photo above, this simple syrup doesn’t naturally have a purple color. After the syrup is strained, I recommend using a bit of violet gel food coloring to nail the color. With gel food coloring you only need a tiny bit – about the size of the lead on a regular sharpened pencil tip – to attain the color you see here. You could use 2-3 drops of liquid food coloring instead, or skip it altogether.

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Lavender Simple Syrup

Prep: 5

Cook: 10

Total: 15

Servings: 12 servings (2 tbsp per serving)

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Bring spring to your cocktails or coffee and tea drinks with this complex tasting but easy syrup made with dried lavender flowers.

Servings: 12 servings (2 tbsp per serving)

Ingredients

▢ 1 cup water, (8 fl oz)
▢ 1 cup granulated sugar, (200 grams)
▢ 1/4 cup culinary lavender
▢ Optional: violet gel food coloring or liquid food coloring

Instructions

Add water and sugar to a saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Stir until sugar is dissolved and remove from heat.
Add culinary lavender to the syrup and stir to ensure all lavender is in the syrup. Steep for 10 minutes, then strain the lavender out using a fine mesh strainer.
Optional: For more intense purple color, whisk in a small amount of violet food coloring.

Tips & Tricks

Storage: Store leftover syrup in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 weeks. A container with minimal surface area for the syrup to reach air, like a tall bottle, will keep it fresh the longest.

Straining: For best results, strain your syrup through a cheesecloth to avoid any floating debris in the final product.

Nutrition: Scan the barcode below or search for “Peanut Butter and Fitness Lavender Simple Syrup” to log this food in My Fitness Pal.