Pumpkin Spice Syrup for Lattes

No need to pay expensive coffee shop prices when you can make your own at home! Recipe and instructions courtesy of Culinary Adventures in the Kitchen.

• Ready In: 18 mins
• Serves: 20

Ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup pumpkin puree (fresh or canned)
• 1  cup sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1⁄4 cups water
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 3⁄4 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1⁄2 teaspoon clove
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground ginger

Directions

1. 1. Combine all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally to keep syrup from burning.
2. 2. Let mixture cook together until it becomes syrupy and begins to coat the spoon (for about 10-15 minutes), then remove from heat. Strain into a heat-proof container.
3. 3. Refrigerate. The syrup will thicken a bit in the refrigerator, but will become syrupy again when heated.
4. To assemble a delicious homemade latte:
5. 1. For a sweeter latte, heat a ratio of 2:1 or 3:1 milk to syrup in a saucepan until warm. If you’d like it less sweet, somewhere closer 4:1 milk to syrup.
6. 2. Transfer the mixture to a blender and blend for 20 seconds.
7. 3. Pour yourself a cup of steaming hot coffee (leaving more room than you might normally) and top with the frothy milk.