Quick syrup recipe

 I went to the grocery store the other day, to pick up some pancake syrup.

Yeah, right!

Talk about prices getting out of control!

So, I decided it was time to start making syrup, to at a minimum, add to our store bought, to stretch it out.

Our family prefers Mrs. Butterworth's over all, but we also like Log Cabin & Aunt Jemima brands.

So, yesterday I made the following recipe, and although as a stand alone, there is a difference, when mixed 50/50 with Log Cabin, I could not taste ANY difference. This made just over 1/2 quart of syrup.

Ingredients

1.5 cups brown sugar

1/2 cup white sugar

1 cup corn syrup

1 .5 cups water

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 teaspoon maple flavoring

Directions

1. In a saucepan, combine the sugars, water and corn syrup; bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil for 7 minutes or until slightly thickened. Remove from the heat; stir in maple flavoring and vanilla. Cool for 15 minutes.

There is no problem in making extra large batches of this.

My suggestion would be to water bath quarts for 20 minutes and pints for 15 minutes.

I think next time, I may add butter flavoring or butter emulsion to see if I can get close to a Mrs. Butterworth's version.