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How to Make Homemade Pancake Syrup
by Samantha Asher

Hopefully you know that you can't make homemade maple syrup unless you several maple trees, the right equipment, and a lot oftime. Even then, with just a few trees, you won't make much atall. If you are still looking for a more homemade taste for yourpancake and waffle syrup, you can make the artificial stuff from scratch. This is also good if you ran out of syrup but have theother ingredients and don't feel like driving out to the store orif you want to know exactly what is going into your food and not a bunch of preservatives. First you will need a saucepan and wooden spoons as well as the following ingredients and amounts: one cup of granulated sugar,one cup of brown sugar, one cup of water, 1/4 teaspoon of vanillaextract and 1/4 teaspoon of maple extract. If you don't have anybrown sugar, you can use all granulated or white sugar, but itwon't be as dark and rich. You could even experiment with darkbrown sugar if you would like. Next, mix the water and both the sugars in the saucepan. Place iton the stove on medium high and bring it to a boil. Let it simmerfor about 10 to 15 minutes or until it is thick enough for yourliking. I prefer it to be nice and thick so that it doesn't soakinto my pancakes or French toast so easily and make it soggy. Athinner syrup will resemble more the consistency of real maplesyrup. Test it out for the best way that you like. You can either use your maple syrup immediately or store it inthe refrigerator. Use an old syrup container, jar, or squeeze topwater bottle to store your syrup. If you want thicker syrup, you can use more sugar or less water and you can double or triple the recipe if you would like. You can store the syrup in therefrigerator for weeks and if it hardens up just put it in themicrowave for a little until it's to the consistency you like.Warm syrup always tastes good, too. If you like butter-flavoredsyrup, you can also add a couple tablespoons of butter to yoursyrup, or just butter your pancakes, waffles, or French toast. Why should you make your own syrup? Some people don't like thetaste of real maple syrup, but want something that isn't full ofcorn syrup, which is what you will get in the store. It ischeaper especially considering that it's homemade. Best of all,isn't homemade always better? Find more information about how to make homemade pancake syrup,pancake recipes, tips, and tricks, and more athttp://www.MakePancakes.com. Pancakes are a favorite pastime,make the best pancakes and syrup possible! Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Samantha_Asher