Post #529400 by Swanky on Tue, May 11, 2010 9:54 AM

On 2010-05-11 09:30, tabuzak wrote:

On 2010-05-11 07:06, Vince Martini wrote:

On 2010-05-10 09:36, Swanky wrote:
Shaking water and sugar will not make simple syrup. It will simply make sugar water and the sugar will turn back into sugar in the jar pretty soon.

Old wive's tale?

Shaking water and sugar (1:1) without heat is a standard way to make bar simple syrup. The sugar does not turn back into sugar in the jar pretty soon, as you say. I've had a batch last for weeks without a problem.

You should try this. You will like it. : )

I have no problem with your wanting to cook it. There are some possible health benefits to doing so, but I don't want people reading this thread to think that the only way to make simple syrup is to cook it, especially if they are having trouble in doing so.

-Jack

Actually, they are not the same. Sugar and water mixed cold is sugar water and has a sweetness index equal to sugar.

Simple syrup, made by heating sugar and brealing it into glucose and fructose, and water is sweeter than sugar because fructose is sweeter than sugar.

Commercial versions use cream of atrtar instead of juice juice for the citric acid.

A good article on inverted sugar.