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Very Thin Syrup

A clear syrup made by boiling equal parts sugar and water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Very Thin Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine sugar and water in a saucepan.

  2. Heat the mixture to boiling point.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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What each ingredient does

Sugar
Dissolves into the water to form a sweet, pourable syrup.
Water
Dissolves the sugar and carries it evenly through the mixture as it heats.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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