Lilac Sugar

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Lilac Sugar is a fun project that the kids will love to help with. The season for lilacs is so short . Preserve them to use all year long.

Course Condiment, Gift, Spice Mixes

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 0

Resting time 2

Total Time 2 15

Servings tablespoons

Calories 48kcal

Cost $1

Shake you lilac blooms after picking to remove any bugs or dirt. If you'd like you can rinse them in cool water.
½ cups lilac petals
Remove the purple or white petals from the small green sepals that hold them to the branch. (See photo in article above.)
Pour about ¼ of the flowers in a pint jar.
Add ¼ of the sugar. Repeat layering the flowers and sugar.
1 cup sugar
Shake well to distribute the lilacs throughout the sugar.
Shake every few hours. The sugar will soak up some of the moisture from the petals so you want to shake them so that the sugar doesn't clump up.
Leave it for 24 hours to infuse the lilac flavor into the sugar.

Pro Tips

If you’d prefer you can rinse the individual blossoms. After rinsing, dry the flower in a salad spinner. Then let the flower sit on a piece of paper towel for at least a few hours to air dry. Flowers must be very dry! Use a 1:1 ratio plain sugar to lilac sugar as a replacement.
Use blooms that have not been sprayed with any chemicals, insecticides or inorganic fertilizers.
Pick your blossoms one day and put them in them in water. The next day remove the petals. It is much easier and will take you less time.
It took 2-3 individual blossoms to get ½ cup of petals but that will depend on the size of your blossoms.
Use a sharp pair of pruners to remove blossoms.
If sugar crystals seems to really be clumping, lay it on sheet of parchment paper and place a fan on low near it to dry it out.
Store sugar in an air tight container in a dry place.

How to Use Lilac Sugar

One of our favorite ways to use it is in buttery sugar cookies. It adds a lovely floral note to the cookies. Sprinkle some on tops of cookies too.
Use it to sweeten tea, iced tea or coffee.
Try lemon and lilac muffins, cakes or cupcakes. It’s great for your favorite baking projects.
Melt the sugar with hot water to make a quick lilac syrup.
Make fun summer cocktails or mocktails. Garnish the glass with some lilac sugar.
Makes great holiday or hostess gifts.