A Winter Morning Treat - For a Fraction of the Cost

I tried this recipe this morning.  It was amazing.  Making all of the syrups from scratch + assembly of the Caramel Macchiato ~  20 minutes.  Cleanup, well, that was a bigger time investment.  However, now I have all of the ingredients on hand for a quick treat without the $5 price tag.  (I'm not sure where this fits in my "clean" eating regimen :-/  )

Caramael Macchiato Recipe  (by Angie McGowan ~ www.babble.com)

Ingredients

2 tablespoons vanilla syrup (recipe follows)
1/2 cup fresh espresso
1 cup milk, steamed and frothy with foam
3 – 4 tablespoons caramel sauce Caramel Sauce - ( I used Ree Drummond's.  So.Good.  Ree Drummond's Caramel Sauce )

For the Vanilla syrup:

2 cups water
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method

1. To make the vanilla syrup, combine sugar and water in a sauce pan. Bring to boil over high heat and boil for 5 minutes. Let cool and add vanilla extract. Stir well and keep in a sealed container, refrigerated.

2. To make coffee, either use an espresso machine to make coffee and steam milk, or heat milk until hot, but not boiling on stove-top and transfer to a blender. Blend until frothy. For espresso, if you don’t have a machine, just make double strength coffee.

3. Add vanilla syrup, espresso or strong coffee and hot milk to mug. Add caramel sauce and serve.