Homemade Pancake Syrup

So I’m sure you just read the title and think I’m some kind of maple syrup harvester. Sorry to disappoint. Sadly, there’s only so many hours in a day. One thing that’s sure NOT to disappoint is the homemade pancake syrup I made the other day.

DH is very spontaneous when it comes to cooking. He doesn’t make sure all the ingredients are in the house prior to starting a project. The other day was no different. DS wanted some pancakes and that’s DH’s specialty. So in the kitchen DH was throwing together the pancakes only to call to me and ask “Hey, do we have anymore pancake syrup other than this little bit?” My response “Did you look?” knowing there wasn’t any as I walked into the kitchen. “No….” he responded. “Of course you didn’t” I mumbled under my breath. I love him to death….but dang it helps to think past the end of your nose sometimes. DH responded “But I need some”….like I was going to be able to pull pancake syrup out of thin air…..or could I?

I remembered that I’d seen a recipe in this great book called Not Just Beans – 50 Years of Frugal Family Favorites. (This is a super great book and recommend it highly) I swished through the pages to see what the recipe consisted of to see if I could make it. Lucky for them, I did. So off I went making the syrup.

Homemade Maple Syrup
1 cup brown sugar, packed
1/2 cup of water
1/4 tsp of maple flavoring (vanilla may be substituted)Stir ingredients together. Bring to a boil. Simmer for 2-3 minutes, and cool. Pour into serving container. Makes 1 cup.

I didn’t have maple flavoring so I used vanilla instead. I also tripled the recipe. While it was still warm and liquidy, I poured it into the old syrup bottle (make sure you use a funnel). Once the mixture cooled, it took on syrup consistency and even though I used vanilla, it did taste like the normal pancake syrup. DH was very happy with the outcome and like I’ve stated before, that man will tell you if he thinks something tastes bad. It was super easy to make and saved me a trip to the store and of course some money. It’s worth making just so when you have friends over for breakfast you can nudge them, wink, and say “Yeah, I made that”.

Rebecca January 6, 2009 Recipes cheap, frugal, pancake, recipe, syrup 3 Comments

3 Responses to “Homemade Pancake Syrup”

Mea Culpa Bath and Body says:

January 7, 2009 at 2:45 am

oh, thats awesome! I am going to have to try make that one day….ah, one day

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Helene says:

January 7, 2009 at 6:33 pm

That’s wonderful!! I’ve been feeding my kids the fake syrup b/c they hate the organic pure syrup! I’ll have to try this recipe and see if they like it. I know I’d feel better about them eating something that wasn’t created by high fructose corn syrup! And I like the idea of pouring into the syrup bottle…my kids would hopefully think it was their everyday syrup that they’re getting!

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