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    Kelly Neil » Recipes » Dessert

    How To Make Lilac Sugar

    Published: Jun 26, 2019 · Modified: Jun 23, 2022 by Kelly Neil · Leave a Comment

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    Lilac sugar adds a soft and gentle floral note to your baking and desserts. Use it anywhere you would use white sugar.
    Prep Time: 15 minutes mins
    Resting Time 7 days d
    Total Time: 7 days d 15 minutes mins
    CLose up of lilac sugar on a spoon.
    Sugar and lilac blossoms on a spoon.
    Lilac sugar in a jar.
    Sugar and lilac blossoms sprinkled on a table next to mini meringue shells.
    Overhead shot of lilac sugar and a spoon in a small glass dish.
    CLose up of lilac sugar on a spoon.

    Lilac sugar is a breeze to make. All you need is lilac blossoms, white sugar, and a little time. After about a week, just sift out the blossoms, then use it anywhere you would use white sugar in recipes.

    One of my favorite ways to use lilac sugar is in these lemon poppy seed shortbread cookies—you can omit the lemon, poppy seeds, or both if you want. It’s also a terrific addition to these blueberry cake donuts. Maybe because of all the purple?

    The same principle of making floral-scented sugar applies to any fragrant, edible flowers. Wild rose sugar is also be gorgeous but tends to be stronger in flavor than lilac.

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    • Ingredients
    • 10 Ways To Use Lilac Sugar
    • Use Lilac Sugar In These Recipes
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    Ingredients

    • Lilac blossoms
    • Sugar
    Overhead shot of lilac sugar and a spoon in a small glass dish.

    10 Ways To Use Lilac Sugar

    1. Whip with 35% cream to make lilac whipped cream.
    2. Cream with butter in your favourite cake recipe.
    3. Sprinkle on top of scones or pie crust before baking.
    4. Use in place of regular sugar in your favourite homemade ice cream recipe.
    5. Toss with pears and roast them.
    6. Add to fresh chopped strawberries, let the berries macerate, and use for strawberry shortcake.
    7. Mix with oats, butter, and flour on top of blueberry crisp.
    8. Make lilac-scented rhubarb simple syrup.
    9. Use as an ingredient in a homemade lemonade, iced tea, or an Earl Grey mocktail.
    10. Rim the glass of a summer cocktail.
    Sugar and lilac blossoms on a spoon.

    Use Lilac Sugar In These Recipes

    • A 6-inch one bowl lemon cake with strawberry jam-cream cheese icing.
      Lemon Buttermilk Cake
    • Rainbow sprinkles cookies lined up on a light blueish green surface.
      Sugar Cookies With Sprinkles
    • Close up of a pan of cherry clafoutis with a serving missing.
      Cherry Clafoutis
    • Close up overhead of a pink bowl of gluten-free rhubarb crisp topped with a scoop of ice cream.
      Gluten-Free Rhubarb Crisp

    Did you make this lilac sugar, or any other recipe on my site? Don’t forget to rate the recipe and let me know how you made out in the comments below. You can also stay in touch with me on Instagram, Facebook, and Pinterest to see more delicious food and recipes!

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    Sugar and lilac blossoms on a spoon.

    How To Make Lilac Sugar

    Author: Kelly Neil
    Lilac sugar adds a soft and gentle floral note to your baking and desserts. Use it anywhere you would use white sugar.
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    Prep Time 15 minutes mins
    Resting Time 7 days d
    Total Time 7 days d 15 minutes mins
    Course Ingredient
    Cuisine Canadian
    Servings 16 servings
    Calories 51 kcal

    Equipment

    • Measuring cups and spoons or digital kitchen scale
    • Glass jar with tight fitting lid

    Ingredients
     

    • 1 cup sugar
    • ½ cup lilac blossoms, removed from stem, gently shaken to loosen dirt or insects

    Instructions
     

    • Measure the sugar into a glass jar with some extra room in the jar. Add the lilac blossoms to the sugar. Seal the lid tightly and give the jar a gentle shake all over. Store the jar in a cool dark place, shaking it once a day for at least one week. Remove any browned blossoms as needed.
    • Use a fine mesh strainer to sift the lilac flowers out of the sugar. Store the lilac sugar in the jar and use anywhere you would use regular sugar.

    Notes

    The moisture in the flowers will make the sugar clump during the week. Don’t worry, just continue to shake every day to infuse the lilac flavor.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 15gCalories: 51kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 1mgPotassium: 2mgSugar: 13gVitamin A: 21IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 1mgIron: 1mg
    Did you make this recipe?Let me know on Instagram @kellyneildotcom or tag #kellyneil!

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