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Substitute Sugar + water + lemon, cooked for Golden syrup

What golden syrup does in a recipe: Inverted cane syrup: British baking's glossy liquid sweetness.

Sugar + water + lemon, cooked

per 1 cup golden syrup

USSimmer 1 cup sugar + 1/4 cup water + 1/2 lemon's juice until syrupy
Metric200 g + 60 ml + lemon
CommonBaking-safe ✓Alcohol-freeDairy-freeEgg-freeFish-freeGluten-freeNut-freePeanut-freeShellfish-freeSoy-freeVegan

You are making invert syrup from scratch.

What changes: Takes 15 min

Where Golden syrup is the substitute: substitute Golden syrup for Corn syrup

More options: all 3 Golden syrup substitutes

Common questions

What is the ratio for substituting Sugar + water + lemon, cooked for Golden syrup?
per 1 cup golden syrup — US: Simmer 1 cup sugar + 1/4 cup water + 1/2 lemon's juice until syrupy. Metric: 200 g + 60 ml + lemon.
Why does Sugar + water + lemon, cooked work as a Golden syrup substitute?
You are making invert syrup from scratch.
What changes when you use Sugar + water + lemon, cooked instead of Golden syrup?
Takes 15 min

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