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White Syrup

A clear syrup made by dissolving sugar in water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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White Syrup

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Put 1 quart of water in a pot over high heat.

  2. When boiling, add 1 lb of loaf sugar, lump by lump.

  3. Let it boil until all the sugar is dissolved.

  4. Pour the syrup into a broad dish to cool.

  5. Once cold, it is ready for use.

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

Loaf sugar
Dissolves into the water to make a sweet syrup that keeps well once cooled.

“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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