The secret ingredient in many professional layer cakes and a kind of magic to the home baker is called simple syrup and it’s precisely that: a syrup made simply of equal parts water and sugar.

With our basic simple syrup recipe, you'll never have to overpay for the bottled stuff again!

Lavender simple syrup imparts a wonderful floral flavor to your favorite beverages. With just three ingredients and three steps, you can easily make your own to impress guests, pamper yourself, or ...

The concept of simple syrup is, well, simple. Take equal amounts of sugar and water, cook and use as a sweetener. It is indeed quite simple to make, but the name almost obscures the many directions ...

1 teaspoon super-fine sugar, OR 2 tablespoons simple syrup 4 dashes Angostura Bitters or Fee Brothers' Old-Fashioned Bitters 1/6 medium orange, a nice thick wedge 2 to 3 ounces Bourbon or rye whiskey ...

Steeping chiles and fresh ginger slices in basic simple syrup infuses it with a kick ideal for the holidays. You can add more of one or the other if you’d like more warm gingery heat or chile spice.

The bar cart’s hardest working bottle, simple syrup might be the most-used ingredient when it comes to making cocktails. It rounds out the sharp acid in citrus-based drinks like a Whiskey Sour, adds ...