Maple Syrup

Maple Syrup is something I do not eat, but my husband and daughter love.  I have just recently started making mine from scratch since we ran out of the store bought kind that had been on sale when we first moved.  The following recipe is the one my grandmother taught me.

Maple Syrup
Ingredients
1 teaspoon maple flavoring
2 cup sugar
1 cup water

Directions
1.  Dissolve the sugar in water on medium heat.
2.  Bring it to a boil.  Remove from heat and add in the maple flavoring.

Notes
Save the extra syrup in a container in the fridge.  It reheats nicely!

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Is home made syrup worth it?

2 cup sugar = $.50
1 teaspoon maple flavoring = $.42

So one recipe = $.92.  It takes approx. 2 recipes to make one bottle of syrup.  So, the cost of one bottle of homemade syrup = $1.84

One bottle of premade syrup costs, on average, around $2.50.

We go through a bottle of syrup every 2 months.   We save $.66 per bottle by making it homemade.  If we use 6 bottles a year, we will save $3.96 per year.

Summery
One bottle of store bought syrup = $2.50
One bottle of homemade syrup = $1.84

If you can buy a bottle of syrup for under $1.84, then it may be worth it to just buy it instead of making it.

Recipes that use maple syrup

Pancakes