HOMEMADE CORN SYRUP
Photo: Alta FJ Carstens
FOOD LOVERS RECIPES
How to Make Corn Syrup at Home – Homemade Substitute Recipe
Cook time 30 mins
Serves: About 2 cups
¾ cup drinking water
2 cups granulated sugar
¼ teaspoon cream of tartar
Pinch salt
Add all ingredients in a large saucepan and stir to combine.
Over medium-high heat, stirring constantly with a wooden spatula, bring it to a boil. Then let boil until it reaches 240º F, 112 ºC. This is soft ball stage.
Let cool on a cooling rack.
Good to know:
Soft-ball stage: 235-240ºF
Firm-ball stage: 245-250ºF
Hard-ball stage: 250-265 ºF
Notes
It can be stored in air-tight container for 2 months.
In my book of substitutes:
corn syrup, light, 1 cup
= 1 cup golden syrup
= 1 ¼ cups sugar plus 1/3 cup water or other liquid from recipe, boiled down to 1 cup
corn syrup, dark, 1 cup
= ¾ cup light corn syrup plus ¼ cup molasses
= ¾ cup golden syrup plus ¼ cup molasses
= 1 ¼ cup brown sugar plus 1/3 cup liquid boiled down to 1 cup. You can use any liquid from the recipe you are making–if there is no liquid in the recipe, add 1/3 cup water and boil down to 1 cup.
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