Golden Syrup (Inverted Sugar Syrup)

Tip: Read directions completely before preparing.

Ingredients:

1 cup sugar
1/4 cup water

1/4 teaspoon Cream of Tartar

Directions:
Combine 1cup sugar in a pot with 1/4 cup of water.

Set to medium heat and stir continuously, but slowly to keep the sugar off the sides of the pot.

When the sugar is almost completely dissolved add 1/4 teaspoon Cream of Tartar.

Continue heating and stirring till it starts to boil. You now have mostly inverted sugar.

Keep heating it over medium heat until it starts to turn straw yellow, very pale. Nice light sugar.

If you want darker sugar, keep cooking it but watch out as it can darken very quickly if you aren't paying attention.

Before you are satisfied with the color, turn off the heat and carefully pour the syrup into a clean/sanitized mason jar and screw on the lid. The syrup will continue to darken as it cools.

When the syrup has cooled for 15 minutes, I turn the ball jar over and let the hot liquid cover the lid on the inside as an additional precaution.

Once it is almost cool, turn  back over.

Tip:  The syrup is easy to measure out and keeps nearly forever.