Gingerbread Latte
Make a warm spiced Gingerbread Latte at home with this simple recipe using and easy homemade gingerbread syrup. Perfect cozy drink for fall and winter.
Servings: 2 lattes
Equipment
- Keurig or coffee pot
- small saucepan
Ingredients
For the Gingerbread Syrup:
- 1½ cups water
- 1 ¼ cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- 1 ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon ground cloves
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
For the latte:
- 2 cups strongly brewed coffee
- ¾ - 1 cup milk, steamed
- whipped cream, optional
Instructions
For the Gingerbread Syrup:
- In a small saucepan, combine the water, sugar, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and cloves. Give it a stir. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally so the sugar dissolves.
- Once it comes to a boil, lower heat slightly and simmer until the syrup has thickened. This will take about 15-20 minutes. Be sure to stir the syrup occasionally.
- Once the syrup has thickened, remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Let cool and pour into a glass jar. Store in refrigerator up to two weeks.
- To use in lattes, use about 4 – 5 teaspoons or more depending on taste to 8 ounces of strongly brewed coffee.
To make latte:
- Pour coffee into two mugs, add gingerbread syrup into each mug. Stir.
- Add steamed milk (about 1/2 cup per mug) and top with whipped cream, if desired.