Real maple syrup is expensive, but don't let the cost prohibit you for using it. Use this tip to stretch your dollars as well as your maple syrup!
The Great Sap Boil Once you’ve collected enough sap (it can take anywhere from 5 to 50 gallons of sap to make one gallon of syrup), it’s time to boil it down. You can do this outside on a propane burner or an open fire, but keep in mind that it can take hours, so make ...
If you want to make this ahead of time, just boil your carrots and let them chill before wrapping them up, then put them in the fridge. When you’re ready to serve, warm them up for a few minutes in the oven, mix in the butter, honey, and seasonings, and enjoy! If you have an...
In the spring, alternating warm days and below-freezing nights causes the sap in trees to flow. This happens in all trees, but not all trees’ sap contains sugar as the sugar maple’s does. Maple sap from the trees contains about 2% sugar, while finished syrup is between 66%-70% sugar...
You can also use maple syrup, honey or make it sugar free with Stevia. Also note that brown sugar will make the syrup darker. And make sure to not overcook the syrup or you will end up with cranberry sauce, not syrup. Cranberries are also perfect as garnishes on cocktail, and make ...
because its sap contains almost twice the concentration of sugar than sap from other maples. This means that it takes about half the time and half the fuel to boil off enough water to create a syrup, so it’s worth your while to identify your trees, and use sugar maple if you have th...
Maple taffy (AKA maple syrup on snow) is a sugar candy made by boiling maple syrup to the soft ball stage, then pouring it on clean snow.
The real time is spent boiling down the sap. For sugar maples, you need 40 to 50 gallons of sap to get one gallon of maple syrup. (Other trees reduce even more.) It’s an easy process, but expect to spend three to four days boiling per gallon of maple syrup you want to produce....
Check your bucket every day; sap left in the bucket for multiple warm days can spoil. Store your sap in a refrigerator until you’re ready to boil it down to syrup. Since sap has a relatively low concentration of sugar (at least compared to syrup!), you will need to collect quite a...
Maple candy is maple syrup that's boiled and poured into candy molds to harden. It may be creamy or crunchy, depending on the temperatures at which it was cooked and cooled. Pulled candies are stretched, either by hand or machine, before they're completely cooled. The process incorporates ...