Homemade Vanilla Coffee Syrup: With only a few ingredients, you can make delicious homemade vanilla syrup to flavor your coffee, tea, sodas, and cocktails.
In a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, whisk together water, sugar, and vanilla bean.
Bring to a boil and reduce heat.
Simmer for about five minutes - the sugar should be completely dissolved.
Remove from heat and stir in vanilla extract.
Once simple syrup has cooled, remove the vanilla bean and pour the syrup into a glass jar or bottle.
Store in refrigerator.
Notes
Homemade vanilla coffee syrup will keep in the refrigerator for at least 2 weeks. If you do not have a vanilla bean handy, substitute for 1 tablespoon of vanilla bean paste. Add the paste at the same time as the vanilla extract.Makes 3 cups of syrup.