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Dr Pepper Recipe (homemade soda)
Ingredients
To simmer:
1½
cups
water
2
teaspoons
cinnamon chunks
½
teaspoon
ground nutmeg
½
teaspoon
cloves
½
teaspoon
ground cardamom
1
whole star anise pod
1
tablespoon
dried ginger root
1
tablespoon
peppercorns
1/3
cup
dried cherries OR 1 cup fresh/frozen cherries
After simmering:
3/4
cup
coconut sugar
1
teaspoon
vanilla extract or paste
3/4
teaspoon
almond extract
1
tablespoon
orange juice
1
tablespoon
lemon juice
Instructions
Simmer the spices and water in a covered saucepan for about 20 minutes on med-low.
Strain the chunks out of the syrup, making sure to get all the syrup out of the cherries. Add the sugar while the syrup is still warm.
Stir in the extracts and juices.
Store syrup in a jar in the fridge for 2+ weeks.
To make a Dr Pepper soda:
Add ¼ cup syrup to roughly 8 oz (or about 1 cup) seltzer water.*
Notes
*You can either use soda machine to make carbonated water for your Dr pepper, or you can purchase cans/bottles of plain seltzer to use instead.