Oooooh yeaaaah. Maple syrup, it's a must honestly. I know I can't eat a pancake without it.
Maple Syrup is to pancakes as Ryan Gosling is to The Notebook {as a small side note: they now have a Ryan Gosling coloring book...can you believe it!?! brilliant. I think I would color in it while I ate my pancakes}
Okay - back to the syrup - I was one of the lucky girls who's mother made homemade maple syrup. I loved it. It was made every Saturday in large batches for our breakfast pancakes on Saturday & Sunday mornings. While my Mom's syrup wasn't as thick as the kind you find in the store, it is still what I prefer. Ask anyone who had a sleep over at my house and they'll tell you - my Mom's syrup is the best!
To go along with this fabulous syrup a kindred spirit of mine gave me this awesome retro dispenser. I love it. It gives this syrup the finishing touch. I love it so much that I wrote a haiku about it:
Yeah, I really like syrup and the dispenser {and Ryan Gosling}. So I am going to share this syrup recipe with you so you can start creating as many maple syrup memories as I do:
Sugar
Water
Mapeline or Maple Flavoring
I was taught this recipe by my Mom who didn't use measurements and you know me and measurements! This is a guesstimate at measurements {I should have taken pictures sorry} so please get back to me with any problems. I'm going to start you out with a small batch
Put 1 Cup Sugar and 1 1/2 Cups Water in a small saucepan. Put on med-low heat and let heat until it starts to boil. While boiling you want to add your Mapeline. Add enough to make the simple syrup a nice dark color {pictured below}, 1-2 tsp.
Turn the heat down to Simmer and let simmer until the desired consistancy is reached {or the pancakes are ready & everyone is hungry}. If you don't like your syrup on the "Watery-side" like Mr. S states it. You can add a tablespoon of corn syrup and let it simmer in. I don't like to put in too much corn syrup if I'm doing a big batch because if it goes too long it turns into maple candy.
Pour your hot syrup in a retro dispenser, gravy boat or a glass liquid measuring cup {something with a spout is preferable} and Enjoy!!!
I'd love to hear some feedback on this recipe. Let us know! Leave a comment here, on facebook or e-mail: shesaidblog@yahoo.com
4 comments:
To this day that is the only maple syrup I will eat! I only have maple syrup when I'm at your house! I would make it for myself but it just wouldn't be the same...
'Unknown' is Merisa, FYI :)
I too was raised on Homemade syrup, I totally thought MY mom had invented the recipe for it, until one day after being married for a few weeks, and my husband was making our syrup, he asked me what the recipe was, and then proceeded to let me know that the recipe was on the Mapeline bottle! 2 cups sugar, 1 cups water, and 1 teas, Mapeline! I was crushed!!! However, it IS still the best ever!!! I absolutely hate store bought syrup, as does my husband and three kids!
I remember this syrup too! Yummy! Clint said to write this down because it looks sooo good :) I told him it was to die for! Thanks for posting this!
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