Lilac Sugar

Lilacs Smell so good

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When the lilacs are in bloom and the air smells so fragrant and sweet. Collect some flowers and make this Lilac Sugar

It is just 2 ingredients. Yes, that's right, just 2. Fresh lilac flowers and sugar.

I picked a whole bunch of lilacs from my front yard so, I made a whole bunch of this fragrant, sugary treat. The recipe calls for 2/3 cup of sugar and 1/2 cup of fresh lilac flowers, but I just kept going. I wanted to use all the lilacs I picked and didn't want any of them to go to waste. So I just kept adding layer after layer of lilacs and sugar and filled my jar.

Rinse the lilacs and let them dry, then remove the blossoms from the stems. Add a layer of sugar, then a layer of blossoms, and repeat until all the lilacs and sugar are used, or in my case, until the jar is filled. Seal the jar tightly and gently shake the jar, then place in a dark cabinet and store for 1 week. Make sure to gently shake the sugar jar once a day while it is in storage.

After one week of storage in a dark cabinet, sift the sugar and spread it out onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Store it in a safe place for another week, and then use it creatively. Gail says it goes very well with anything lemony. I hate to admit it, but I am so anxious to try it, that I am NOT going to wait that long before using it. 

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