Lemon Simple Syrup

Lemon Simple Syrup 

Text and Photo by Jac Kyles Baker 

Makes 1 cup

Ingredients

2 cups lemon peels from about 4 to 5 lemons

1 cup warm water

1 cup sugar

Preparation

Tightly pack lemon peels into a 2 1/4 cup mason jar or other glass container with a lid.

Pour water over peels. Close jar with the lid and let steep at room temperature for eight hours or overnight.*

Add sugar to an 8 oz. bottle or jar.  Strain lemon water.  Reserve a few peels.  Cut peels into narrow strips.

Add lemon water to sugar in bottle.  Close tightly with the bottle top.  Shake bottle until sugar dissolves.  Add lemon peel strips.

Store in the refrigerator.  The flavor intensifies over days.