{"id":3716,"slug":"yellow-saffron-food-coloring","title":"Yellow Saffron Food Coloring","description":"This homemade food coloring derives its color from saffron.","ingredients_raw":["½ cup (100 g) plus 1 tablespoon white granulated sugar","½ teaspoon saffron threads","¼ cup (60 ml) water","½ teaspoon lemon juice"],"ingredients_norm":["white granulated sugar","saffron thread","water","lemon juice"],"steps":["Use a pestle and mortar to crush the saffron and 1 tablespoon sugar together into a fine powder.","Combine the powder in a saucepan with the water and the rest of the sugar.","Turn the heat to medium-high, and stir to dissolve the sugar.","Simmer until the liquid reduces to a single-thread consistency.","Turn off the heat and stir in the lemon juice.","Cool slightly, then pour into an airtight jar and cool completely."],"categories":["Recipes using saffron","Recipes for food coloring","Recipes using lemon juice","Recipes using granulated sugar"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":30,"servings":null,"yield_text":"½ cup (140 g)","difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Yellow_Saffron_Food_Coloring","source_ref":"4541049","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Yellow_Saffron_Food_Coloring&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"1567e183950ec3be11897a16eefbb85ccd5d46a8dc2580cdcaeb093e47cde72a","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:32Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:32Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/yellow-saffron-food-coloring"}