Pancake Syrup from Scratch Recipe - These Old Cookbooks (2024)

FAQs

What are the ingredients in Olde Style pancake syrup? ›

Ingredients Water, glucose-fructose, cellulose gum, natural & artificial flavour, caramel, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, sucralose (9.7 mg per 100 g).

To make maple syrup, the tree trunk is drilled or tapped to allow the sap to flow out in the hanging bucket. The collected sap liquid is boiled until it reaches 219°F. At this point, the water evaporates and a thicker consistency develops. Then it is filtered through a cloth to prevent contamination before bottling.

Pancake or breakfast syrup can be stored in a closed container, unopened or opened, in the pantry. It's best to use it within a year, but it will keep indefinitely.

In blind tastings, our panel of professional tasters have detected big flavor differences between pancake syrup and maple syrup. Real maple syrup has a clean, complex maple flavor with hints of caramel, vanilla, and prune. Pancake syrups are singularly sweet with little complexity and noticeable artificial flavors.

Does IHOP have real maple syrup? Generally no, IHOP only serves a chemically synthesized and sweetened syrup with artificial coloring and flavors. However of the 1400 locations in the US, there is one in South Burlington, VT that serves real maple syrup. As New Englanders, we unfailingly bring our own.

There are so many substitutes for maple syrup that can replicate the taste and texture of the real thing; honey, molasses, simple syrup, brown sugar syrup, brown rice syrup, corn syrup, golden syrup, coconut nectar, agave nectar, white sugar, brown sugar, or keto syrup alternatives.

In the sugarhouse

When the sap enters the sugar house it enters a holding tank. Next, it goes into a reverse osmosis machine which extracts 80% of the water from the sap, which leaves roughly 20% of concentrated sap to boil and make syrup.

One Iroquois legend tells how Chief Woksis had thrown his tomahawk into a maple tree one late winter evening. After he removed it the following morning, the weather turned sunny and warm. Sap began to flow from the cut in the tree, and drip down into a container at the base of the tree.

If syrup is not boiled long enough (less than 66º Brix), it may start to ferment in the container. It will taste “spiked”. It tastes like alcohol but not in a good way. If equipment is not thoroughly rinsed, the taste of soaps and detergent may appear in your syrup.

After all, you want to be able to use that maple syrup for as long as possible. So does syrup ever go bad? The short answer is technically no, syrup does not expire and you can keep an unopened container of the stuff on your shelf indefinitely.

What is the white stuff in maple syrup? ›

The mould that grows on Maple Syrup is a rare, weird little fungus knows as a xerophile. Xerophiles grow in dry spaces - which is strange as Maple Syrup is wet, but all that natural sugar draws out the moisture content giving room temperature Maple Syrup the perfect location for xerophiles.

Imitation maple syrup, usually sold as "pancake syrup," generally is made of mostly corn syrup with a tiny bit of pure maple syrup or artificial maple extract (Aunt Jemima's is one such brand). These syrups often have preservatives that make them safe to store opened without refrigeration.

We hate to break it to you, but Aunt Jemima and Mrs. Butterworth are imposters. Breakfast syrups in the grocery aisle look pretty similar, but they're not all created equal. Most of the dark, sticky elixirs meant for drizzling on the likes of French toast and waffles don't have a drop of real maple syrup in them.

As of August 2023, Mrs. Butterworth's syrup is still being sold with the familiar bottle shape, despite the “brand review” Conagra announced it would conduct back in 2020.

This is usually the most appreciated grade for those seeking a traditional maple syrup flavour. We recommend this maple syrup on anything sweet. From pancakes to sweet desserts, you will find that Grade A amber maple syrup is just the right intensity.

Table syrup, also known as pancake syrup and waffle syrup, is a syrup used as a topping on pancakes, waffles, and french toast, often as an alternative to maple syrup. It is typically made by combining corn syrup with either cane sugar or high-fructose corn syrup, water, food coloring, flavoring, and preservatives.

In moderation, pure maple syrup is a better option than pancake syrups filled with high fructose corn syrup. It contains antioxidants and a lower glycemic index, which may be better for blood sugar control. Agave nectar is sweeter than sugar, so you can use less to achieve the desired sweetness.

Ingredients: Enriched Wheat Flour, Yellow Corn Flour, Sugars (dextrose,sugar), Modified Corn Starch, Monocalcium Phosphate, Rice Flour, Bakingsoda, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Guar Gum.

If you're looking for a simple syrup substitute, there are three favorites you probably have right in your home: honey, maple syrup and agave. For honey or agave, add warm water to them, to help turn the mix to syrup. You can also use a sweet, juicy fruit, like an orange.