Homemade Pancake Syrup is made with equal parts brown sugar, and white sugar simmered in water with a touch of maple flavoring. It is delicious everything from french toast to a Sunday morning breakfast of fresh blueberry pancakes!
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❤️ Why you'll love it
- The imitation maple syrup is a scratch recipe made with very basic ingredients with the flavor of real maple syrup.
- It's an easy recipe to have on hand instead of store-bought pancake syrup!
- Traditional maple syrup is absolutely the best thing out there, but if you are in a pinch, and need something fast, then this homemade pancake syrup recipe will be a great one to have on hand.
🥘 Ingredients
Dark brown sugar
Granulated sugar
Water
Maple extract
🔪 Instructions
- In a small sauce pan over medium-high heat, bring water to a boil.
- Reduce to medium heat and add granulated sugar to the water and stir constantly until fully dissolved.
- Add dark brown sugar to the saucepan and stir constantly until fully dissolved.
- Stir syrup constantly, and until syrup boils. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Stir in maple extract. Serve warm or store for later use.
🥄 Equipment
Large saucepan
Wooden spoon
🥫Storage
Store leftover syrup in an airtight container glass jar in the fridge up to
📖 Variations
- Make it butter syrup like Mrs. Butterworth syrup and add ¼ cup unsalted butter after step 3 to make a buttery pancake syrup.
- If you are not a fan of the maple flavor, use vanilla extract in place of the maple.
- For a lighter flavor, use light brown sugar or coconut sugar in place of dark brown sugar.
💭 Tips
- Be patient and make sure the sugars have completely dissolved before finishing the recipe.
- Be sure the syrup simmer, not boils, for the cooking time. Boiling the sugar can cause it to harden instead of staying syrupy.
- For a thicker syrup, continue to simmer for 10 more minutes. Be aware that the volume of syrup will reduce as it simmers to thicken.
🙋 FAQ's
Natural maple syrup is made from the sap of the maple tree. The maple tree sap is collected and boiled down until it thickens. The sap from the maple tree is lightly sweet and water like, but as it boils, it thickens, the flavor deepens, and it is a delicious natural sweetener.
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🍽 Serve with...
Serve warm syrup over top of fluffy pancakes, french toast, vanilla ice cream, or to sweeten coffee or tea.
🏫 The last word
I am a pure maple syrup girl. I grew up with it and continue to use it to this day. This pancake syrup is not like pure maple syrup, as nothing can really compare when it comes to the real thing. However, in a pinch, or if you are just not a fan of the real thing, this syrup is a good substitute.
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📖 Recipe
Homemade Pancake Syrup
Equipment
- Large saucepan
Ingredients
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cip water
- 2 teaspoons maple extract
Instructions
- In a small sauce pan over medium-high heat, bring water to a boil.
- Reduce to medium heat and add granulated sugar to the water and stir constantly until fully dissolved.
- Add dark brown sugar to the saucepan and stir constantly until fully dissolved.
- Return heat to medium-high and stir syrup constantly until syrup boils.
- Reduce heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in maple extract. Serve warm or store for later use.
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