How do you make golden syrup?
I want to make some anzac biscuits which calls for golden syrup, but don't really want to buy a jar (what's the fun in that?).
What are some good recipes? A google search shows a wide variety - from using corn syrup to adding lemon/lime slices.
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In Britain golden syrup is used in a lot of things, Lyle's brand is the one people know, though there are a few other minor brands. They tend to vary in thickness and strength of taste, but usually have fairly similar tastes. It is partially inverted sugar syrup, which has a fairly complicated chemical process to manufacture from byproducts of the refining industry. I doubt it's very easy at all to make at home.
Buy a whole tin, it is quite versatile, excellent in cakes and best of all on porridge.
Quick tip: If you need to add a large amount to a recipe which asks you to heat it, which is quite common, it is far easier to place the tin (with the lid off!) in the oven for a few minutes and carefully wearing gloves pour from the tin, as the heat makes it thinner and thus pourable. Same thing works for black treacle.
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How do they make golden syrup?
Golden syrup or light treacle is a thick, amber-coloured form of inverted sugar syrup made by the process of refining sugar cane or sugar beet juice into sugar, or by treatment of a sugar solution with acid. It is used in a variety of baking recipes and desserts.What does golden syrup have in it?
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.What is golden syrup called in America?
There isn't a US equivalent - we have molasses, but it's darker. You can substitute corn syrup in recipes where it isn't the principal ingredient, but here that would not work. That being said, my local grocery store has a British food section which carries golden syrup.How to make GOLDEN SYRUP
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ANZAC biscuits are a historically significant type of biscuit. If you change the recipe they wont be ANZAC biscuits. They will probably taste nice, but just wont be ANZAC biscuits. I guess it's like having duck for Thanksgiving?
Golden syrup is a key to the taste and cooking functions of ANZAC's. You need a sugar that under heat does not entirely let go. I guess you could try a mix of corn syrup and melted natural brown sugar (Muscovado sugar) to get the strength, flavour, and colour
There is not much you can change in the ANZAC recipe without ending up with a very different product. Even substituting oil for butter is a disaster
Golden syrup if really nice in many recipes, or just smeared on toast in the morning for a pick-me-up. So a tin in the cupboard is always handy
The official NZ recipe, but use 2 tablespoons of Golden syrup, every one I know does, and I doubt they had half tablespoons in 1915 :-)
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