Easy Iced Coffee

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup coffee, at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons half and half or milk, or more, to taste

Directions

1. To make the simple syrup, combine sugar and 1 cup water in a medium saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the sugar has dissolved. Let cool completely and stir in vanilla extract; set aside in the refrigerator until ready to serve.
2. Serve coffee over ice with half and half and simple syrup, to taste. Whipped cream optional.