Homemade Strawberry Syrup

My homemade strawberry syrup...delicious!

I picked up some strawberries for .99 during my Wednesday shopping and decided to use one pound to make homemade strawberry syrup. This is super easy to make; I got the original recipe from HERE.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. strawberries
• 3/4 cup water
• Sugar, just under 1 cup

Directions:

1. Put water and sugar in a pot on the stove and bring to a boil.
2. Meanwhile, slice the tops off the strawberries and cut each strawberry into fourths.
3. Mash the strawberries.
4. Add the mashed berries to the water & sugar mixture. Bring to a boil again and then reduce temperature to simmer.
5. Simmer the syrup mixture for 10-30 minutes (see note below).
6. Store in the refrigerator. I stored mine in an old jelly jar. :)

*Note: The original recipe said to simmer for 10 minutes. I used closer to 1 cup of water, so I let mine simmer for about 30 minutes to thicken it up to my desired consistency. I don't think there's any way you could mess this up, though!