Homemade Golden Syrup Recipe

"Golden syrup is an ingredient used in making cakes, cookies and other baked goods. It's a byproduct of sugar production, but not easily found in parts of the world. The good news is, it can be made at home! I found this recipe at Brown Cookie blog. My results have been hit and miss, but overall it's been good. Its an exact science, so please be very careful when measuring. The metric measurements for the sugar and water are very precise, so please don't convert into cups. Let me know how this turns out for you!"

Original is 1 serving

Metric US

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Ingredients

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800 grams white granulated sugar
290 grams water
2 whole lemons (to yield 6 tablespoons of lemon juice)

2 tablespoons white vinegar
1/4 teaspoon baking soda (mixed with 2 tablespoon of water)

Nutritional

Serving Size: 1 (1545 g)
Calories 3224.3
Total Fat - 1.3 g
Saturated Fat - 0.2 g
Cholesterol - 0 mg
Sodium - 343.3 mg
Total Carbohydrate - 839.4 g
Dietary Fiber - 11.9 g
Sugars - 809 g
Protein - 4.7 g
Calcium - 128.7 mg
Iron - 3 mg
Vitamin C - 224.7 mg
Thiamin - 0.2 mg

Step by Step Method

Step 1

Wash the lemons and squeeze out all the juice into a bowl. Set the juice aside and measure out 6 tablespoons. Then, cut the lemons into quarter wedges and set aside.

Step 2

In a small saucepan, combine sugar and water and boil at high heat until the sugar has completely dissolved. Stir constantly.

Step 3

Lower the heat to a simmer and add lemon juice, lemon wedges and vinegar. Bring back to a boil, stirring occasionally.

Step 4

Insert a candy thermometer and continue to boil on medium heat until the solution reaches 108⁰ C. Now, because the boiling point of water is 100⁰C and since 8 degrees is only a small increment higher, you might think this process should only take a few minutes. But that would be wrong. To get the solution up to 108⁰C is going to take about 20 minutes or more. You need to trust the reading on the candy thermometer. Along the way to this temperature, the sugar solution will automatically turn into a golden color.

Step 5

Once the thermometer indicates 108⁰C, turn off the heat. Stir in the baking soda solution.

Step 6

You will notice bubbles coming up to the surface of the solution. Once the solution cools, these will disappear. Let the solution cool in the sauce pan and strain into a clean glass storage jar.