Easy to make Gingerbread Syrup makes a great gift for the coffee drinkers in your life.
I am not normally a coffee drinker, but I’m thinking that’s all about to change.
Since forever, I’ve made my son ‘steamed milk’ with coconut oil, chai spices (made by dear friends of mine) and honey to have with his breakfast on chilly mornings. We don’t have an official ‘steamer’, so I use my emulsion blender to whip a foamy topping on the hot milk mixture.
Side note: if you are an avid user of coconut oil, like I am, and are tired of having to scoop it out of the tub, check out this post where I discuss a great idea for storing and using coconut oil. It makes my life much easier, and I hope it does the same for yours!
He chooses to not eat lunch at school (ugh), so I try to get as many healthy proteins and fats in him as possible to hold him through the day. That’s my rationale, but Terry thinks I’m just spoiling him.
In any event, when I was last at Sur La Table (aka Mecca), I picked up some Pumpkin Spice Syrup thinking it’d be a nice change from the chai spice for him. But as is typically the case with my picky eater, he’s not so fond of the Pumpkin Spice Syrup (story of my life).
This morning I made his ‘steamed’ milk using a gingerbread teabag from Celestial Seasonings and it was really pretty tasty, but light on the Gingerbread taste I was hoping for. Lightbulb Moment!!!! I decided I would make a Gingerbread Syrup that I could add to his ‘steamed’ milk as I did the Pumpkin Spice Syrup.
This gingerbread syrup is so easy to make. Simple syrup (sugar and water), molasses and gingerbread spices (ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice) simmer down to a thick, spicy gingerbread syrup.
And let me tell you, this gingerbread syrup is so yummy. Not only will we be using it in coffee, tea, steamed milk, ice cream, and oatmeal at home, but it’d bea great gift for your favorite coffee drinking friends and family!
For gifting purposes, I made some cinnamon ornaments (usingMartha Stewart’s ‘recipe’ which is different from many as it includes glue) and used some white puffy paint to outline the gingerbread to mimic icing.
I wrote on the ornament using an extra-fine white oil-based Sharpie. Don’t forget to punch a hole with a straw before you bake your gingerbread men.
I made about a dozen of these gingerbread ornaments and I’m going to save a few to write the names of our family members on for reusable gift tags.
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup water
2 TB Molasses
1 stick of cinnamon
1/2-1 TB grated ginger (depending on how gingery you want it)
Bring to a slow boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 1/2 hour
Cool syrup
Pour syrup through a fine mesh
Store in a bottle in the refrigerator and use within two months
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So if you’re looking to spice up your coffee bar or to make some easy gifts for friends, family, teachers, or any other coffee lovers, this gingerbread syrup surely fits the bill. Not only is it perfect on its own, but you could add it to a basket with coffee beans and a mug if you needed to up your gift game.
I know these 8.5 oz bottles are available online at Amazon for $24.99 for a set of four. I’ve included a convenient link below to take a closer look if you’re interested. They are very handy to have around the kitchen and ideal for use with things like salad dressings, marinades, etc.
Pin this gingerbread syrup recipe for your future reference!
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1Peel the ginger and slice it into ⅛-inch thick coins. 2To a small saucepan, add the molasses, brown sugar, 1 cup of water, ginger, cinnamon sticks, cloves, allspice, nutmeg, and pepper. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 5 minutes, stirring until the sugar is fully dissolved.
Though golden syrup looks like honey, it's a completely different type of sweetener made by inverting sugar during the refining process. In essence, golden syrup is just water, sugar and citric acid that come together in a way that forms a thick liquid used in baking and to sweeten foods.
As with maple syrup, honey will work as a 1:1 substitute for golden syrup. Again you'll get more complex flavour from honey which will mostly be a good thing.
The Starbucks site lists that the ingredients for the syrup are sugar, water, and natural flavors. It also has 34 grams of sugar. You can make the Starbucks gingerbread latte vegan by opting for dairy free milk, and omitting the whipped cream.
Safe to say, we recommend you use sugar cane molasses in our gingerbread cookie recipe! Helpful Hint: Have you ever found yourself without brown sugar when baking? Add (sugar cane) molasses to white granulated sugar and voila, brown sugar!
In the evaporator, the sap is boiled for several hours at a temperature of 104° C, until the sugar content and other molecules attain a level of 66%, known as 66 degrees Brix. It takes an average of 40 litres of sap to make one litre of maple syrup.
Golden syrup - if you're unable to buy golden syrup then you can substitute it for corn syrup, honey or maple syrup. Egg yolk - use just the egg yolk (rather than the whole egg) to make the perfect gingerbread cookie mixture!
Corn syrup is slightly thinner than golden syrup though generally we have found that you can substitute corn syrup for golden syrup without having to change the quantities. If you are making gingerbread cake then you can also use dark corn syrup if you prefer.
In the U.S., golden syrup is usually sold under the name of light treacle, but it's not readily available in many grocery stores. In cooking recipes, molasses and light treacle are often used interchangeably because their textures and flavor profiles are similar.
Bicarbonate of soda, or baking soda, is an alkali which is used to raise soda breads and full-flavoured cakes such as gingerbread, fruit cake, chocolate cake and carrot cake. It needs an acid (as well as moisture) to activate it so is often combined with cream of tartar, yogurt, buttermilk or milk.
Golden syrup is made up of sugar and water. Therefore, it is in no comparison healthier than honey. However, honey is a natural sweetener with nutrients, whereas golden syrup is empty calories. Therefore, honey is more nutritious than golden syrup.
The Iced Gingerbread Oatmilk Chai Latte is flavored with their chai concentrate (not vegan; it contains honey) and gingerbread syrup, both of which are dairy-free, and garnished with pumpkin spice.
More vegan flavors are Peanut Butter Creme, Java Chip, Chocolate Creme, Birthday Cake, Mint Creme, Dark Chocolate Creme, Lemon Golden Oreos, Black and White Cookie, Caramel Coconut, Carrot Cake, Chocolate Marshmallow, Gingerbread, Pumpkin Spice, Halloween Orange Boo, Red White and Blue, Space Dunk, Tiramisu Thins, Mint ...
The flavor surpasses the Starbucks version. I've gone to Starbucks a couple times for Gingerbread latte but the flavor of the Gingerbread is hardly there. I make iced coffee at home but with this syrup, it makes my homemade iced coffee better than a $6 dollar Starbucks drink.
In Medieval England, the term gingerbread simply meant “preserved ginger” and wasn't applied to the desserts we are familiar with until the 15th century. The term is now broadly used to describe any type of sweet treat that combines ginger with honey, treacle or molasses.
Texturally, gingerbread cookies are usually a bit thinner and less soft (depending on the recipe). One of the more obvious differences here is that gingerbread cookies are typically rolled out and cut into shapes and iced while molasses cookies are rolled in sparkling sugar.
Some other common spices used in gingerbread recipes are cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, cardamom, and allspice. Cinnamon is available in ground form and in a stick. For baking, you should use ground cinnamon. Nutmeg adds a nutty, sweet spiciness to gingerbread.
Introduction: My name is Tish Haag, I am a excited, delightful, curious, beautiful, agreeable, enchanting, fancy person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.
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