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Homemade Maple Syrup

Rated as 4.59 out of 5 Stars
322 made it  |  162 reviews   |  8 photos
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"My version of maple syrup - why buy from the store?"
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Ingredients

10 m servings 51
Original recipe yields 32 servings (2 cups)

Directions

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  1. Bring the water, white sugar, and brown sugar to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to medium-low, and stir in the maple extract; simmer 3 minutes longer.
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Footnotes

  • Cook's Note
  • Two cups brown sugar can be used for a thicker syrup.

Nutrition Facts


Per Serving: 51 calories; 0 13 0 0 2 Full nutrition

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WONDERFUL!!! My family couldn't tell the difference between this and "store bought" syrup. I did not have maple flavoring so I just used 2 TBL butter instead..tasted GREAT! I added the extra bro...

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After making pancakes for breakfast I realized I didn't have any maple or pancake syrup left. I tried this recipe. It was as expected. It tasted much like dark corn syrup. It resembled nothing o...

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WONDERFUL!!! My family couldn't tell the difference between this and "store bought" syrup. I did not have maple flavoring so I just used 2 TBL butter instead..tasted GREAT! I added the extra bro...

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I thought it was very good. I didn't have the maple flavoring; i added butter and my family loved it.

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I can't have high fructose corn syrup and real maple syrup is soooo expensive for a big family so we tried this, it was great. We even made it once using vanilla instead of maple flavoring. Th...

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This is excellent. The same exact recipe Mom made for syrup when I was a kid. For those who use Splenda instead of sugar, you can substitute Splenda and Splenda brown sugar blend for both the wh...

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Tasted delicious, but was too thin. I cooked it for about 25 minutes to get a thicker syrup. I also added two tablespoons of butter.

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Very quick and easy. I could not find maple flavoring, so the first time I made it I used 1 tablespoon vanilla and a sprinkle of cinnamon. This time I used a tablespoon of imitation rum. We r...

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I added 1/8 tsp cornstarch to the sugars before mixing in the water to give a thicker syrup. Also, a few people wondered why it turned to crystalized sugar, the longer you cook it the more it t...

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I rated it a 5 for the good flavor, but especially for the simplicity. It's easy to whip up a batch in no time. You know what's in it, no unhealthy ingredients like store bought syrup. The co...

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this was great! i can't get maple where we live, so i used butter and vanilla. my husband loves it. it's so easy to make, and it stores well.

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