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Amaretto Simple Syrup

Recipe information

  • Yield

    makes enough for one domed, 10-inch layer cake

Ingredients

1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons Amaretto liqueur

Preparation

  1. In a small saucepan, combine 1/2 cup water and the sugar over medium-high heat. Cook, stirring, until sugar has dissolved. Stop stirring, and bring to a boil; reduce to a simmer, and cook until mixture has thickened slightly, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat, and stir in Amaretto. Cool syrup to room temperature before using. The syrup can be refrigerated in an airtight container, up to 1 month.

Reprinted with permission from Martha Stewart's Baking Handbook by Martha Stewart. © 2005 Clarkson Potter
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