How to Make Pancake Syrup from Scratch
Here is the process for making maple syrup at home:
Using a medium-sized saucepan, add 1 cup of water and two cups of sugar. The stove top should be set to medium. As the water heats up and the sugar dissolves, add 1/2 teaspoon of Mapleine. Mapleine is an imitation maple flavor that is sold in a small brown bottle next to the spice section in your grocery store. Stir occasionally as you let the syrup simmer for five to ten minutes. From my experience, the longer you let it simmer, and the more sugar you add, the thicker the syrup will become. When it has cooled you can either use it immediately, or place it in a container in the refrigerator over night. I like to make my syrup the evening before I want to use it. It seems that as it sits over night, it thickens better and does not absorb into your pancakes as quickly.
Here are a few things to keep in mind:
-Making your own syrup saves money. A bottle of Mapleine costs around $3, but it is enough to make gallons of syrup.
-Syrup can be kept in the refrigerator for weeks and then warmed and re-warmed in the microwave.
-The more sugar you use, the thicker your syrup will become.
-This recipe can be easily doubled or even tripled.
-You can use an old syrup bottle to store your homemade syrup for your convenience.
-Store bought syrups often have high fructose corn syrup in the first three ingredients listed on the label. This ingredient is linked to many negative health effects and nutritionists recommend people use care to avoid it.
As much as I enjoy store bought, thick syrups, I always go back to making it at home. Money and taste are the primary reasons, but there is also something comforting about knowing exactly what you are eating.
Published by Amy Kreger
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10 Comments
Post a Comment@Cat Deville; a US cup is not 470 ml, but approximately 250 ml or 2 1/2 dl. Also, in the recipe the water sugar ratio is 1:2. But who cares.
@Amanda - yes, you need the mapleine imitation maple flavoring to make this recipe. If you get maple sugar, you can make this without, replacing the refined sugar - or some of it - with maple sugar.
@ Joana, as far as I know one cannot get Mapleine in Europe. Get the ordinary maple syrup, which is pure maple syrup, and boil it until it gets as thick as you wish to have your pancake syrup. You can also use maple sugar, if you find any.
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Considering that Mapleine is "Water, Caramel Color, Natural Flavorings, Alcohol (7%), Phosphoric Acid, Vanillin, And Sulfiting Agents"; "imitation maple flavoring", it sounds hilarious to use it to make a homemade variation to avoid "many "mystery ingredients" [storebought maple syrup] contains :-D
But apparently the US version of maple syrup contains even worse things. Brr.
OK, I can't tell if ya'll are really that 'inexperienced' as cooks (to put it kindly), or if you're trying to be funny - but just in case it's the former rather than the latter...
Old Ladies... "cup" is a US measuring standard. You don't buy the sugar in "cups" (here we buy it by the lb... if you're not in the US you probably buy it by the 500 gram or kilogram sacks I would imagine. 1 cup is approximately 470 ml volume. There's a conversion table for converting US to metric measurements here if you need it:
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/cvcookix.html
And these measurements are by volume, not weight. Essentially, though, you're looking at just a 1 to 1 ration for the sugar & water mixture (i.e., you're making "simple syrup") with approximately 3 ml flavoring to each 500 ml of of sugar - or to taste. As already been pointed out, "Mapleine" is just a specific brand of *imitation* maple f
store bought tastes better
I agree with "old lady jumm".
You mention cups of sugar, the stores around here sell bags of sugar, where do I find the sugar in cups. I need help finding maple too, I asked a friend and she showed me a tree, silly girl. I'm not going to her place for pancakes.
Is water neccesary to make this process work or is there a substitution???
Since Mapeleine is made from fenugreek, how could I use fenugreek seeds, instead of Mapeleine, in this recipe? I live in Honduras and can't get Mapeleine, but fenugreek seeds are easily available. (An answer to this could also help the others who have asked about Mapeleine substitution or availability.)
is mapline neccesary to make this process work or is there a substitution???
it seems 2 hard good bye
It is just a imatation maple flavoring...you may be able to find it where you would the vanilla extract.
do you need to use the mapeleine syrup to me this recipe?
I live in Spain (Europe). Where can I find Mapeleine to make pancake syrup?