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Lavender Vanilla Honey Syrup

Name: Lavender Vanilla Honey Syrup
Total time: 25 min
Yield: About 1 cup
Ingredients: ½ cup honey; ½ cup water; 1 tsp culinary dried lavender; ½ tsp vanilla extract

A delicate floral honey syrup for tea, lemonade and gin cocktails.

25 minutes · Makes About 1 cup

Lavender Vanilla Honey Syrup photographed in warm natural light

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THE GOOD STUFF

Ingredients

½ cup honeyshop ↗
½ cup water
1 tsp culinary dried lavendershop ↗
½ tsp vanilla extractshop ↗

LET’S MAKE IT

Instructions

Warm honey and water gently in a saucepan until fully blended.
Add lavender, remove from heat and steep 5–8 minutes; taste periodically to avoid bitterness.
Strain through a fine sieve, stir in vanilla and cool.
Refrigerate in a clean sealed bottle; use within one week.