My Favorite Homemade Maple Syrup

I wanted to name this syrup "my-most-favorite-super-easy-delicious-quick-cheap-maple-syrup" or "you'll-never-buy-syrup-again" syrup.

I guess if you're comparing this syrup to REAL maple syrup, like from a tree, REAL maple syrup might win, but my syrup is totally better than imitation syrup from the store. I never buy real maple syrup. I like my syrup better.

I love it because it takes five minutes to make.

I love it because it's inexpensive.

I love it because it's one less thing to buy at the grocery store.

I love it because it's always served warm.

I love it because it's yummy!

I grew up eating and making homemade syrup. I posted about my favorite syrup recipe from my childhood here. It's a great recipe, but sometimes the syrup would crystalize in the bottom of the container when I kept it in the fridge.

A few years ago, my sister-in-law Annelisa, gave me the recipe that she uses for syrup. I made the switch to her recipe and have made it ever since (it's been five years now).

We have pancakes all the time, for breakfast and for dinner. We love to eat this syrup on these light and fluffy oat-wheat pancakes. I actually took a bag of pancake mix and a jar of syrup to my friend that is pregnant and sick. Kind of a break from the traditional meal you take a friend, like enchiladas or soup.

Anyway...I love this syrup.

Homemade Maple Syrup

printable recipe

Yield: 2 cups
Ingredients

1 3/4 c. granulated sugar
1 c. water
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. Mapleine (imitation maple flavoring)

In a small saucepan combine sugar and water. Stirring occasionally, bring just to a boil.
Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and Mapleine.

Yummiest served warm. I keep the leftover syrup in the fridge and then reheat it before serving.

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One Hour Rolls

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Week 394 Menu

Hi there! This week is flying by! So excited that we've been having blue skies and warmer weather. Our snow is almost all melted and little bulbs are sprouting in the flower beds. However, we had our 10th snow/ice day last week!!! Hopefully it was the last one. Life has been busy, busy and I need to plan out the rest of our week's menus, even though it's already Thursday. Here's what we've eaten so far and what I'm planning: Monday: chicken stirfry, rice/quinoa Tuesday: breakfast for dinner Wednesday: flatbread pizzas Thursday: roasted butternut squash, pasta, chicken sausage Friday: tacos Saturday: leftovers Sunday: pot roast, mashed potatoes, one hour rolls Alrighty, that's what we're eating this week. How about you? What's on your menu this week? Feel free to share. I love it when you do! More from Jenny:

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I have a smallish, one story house and if I cook food that is kind of smelly, like onions, the smell tends to linger in every room. This is a pet peeve of mine and (also my husband's). Over the years I've found a few ways to cook smelly food without smelling up the kitchen. Use your garage! I use my garage quite often to cook things in. I open the window and it airs out, especially when you open the garage door. I'm sure my neighbors wonder what I'm cooking. I've used two different kitchen appliances in the garage: my crockpot and my food dehydrator. Crockpot - I did this very thing today since I'm simmering chicken, onions, carrots and celery to make chicken noodle soup tonight. I don't want my house to smell like onions all day, so I plugged it in on my husband's workbench. Food dehydrator - when I make jerky, I plug the food dehydrator in in the garage. I don't really want my house to smell like meat for hours

What is on your menu this week?

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