Homemade Pancake Syrup Recipe - The Creek Line House (2024)

FAQs

How long will homemade pancake syrup last? ›

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.

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.

To thicken your pancake syrup you can also add a little extra sugar. Thicker syrups tend to have lots and lots of sugar. Another commonly used method for thickening syrup is mixing in a cornstarch slurry. Mix 1 teaspoon of cornstarch with 1 teaspoon of water and add the mixture to your syrup while it cooks.

In other words, the expiration date is not a safety measure so much as it is a means of covering the manufacturer's behind, should you be dissatisfied with the product. Long story short: Yes, you can use expired maple syrup—provided you have followed the aforementioned storage guidelines and there is no mold present.

Unflavored syrup can be made in advance and stored in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a month. However, flavored syrups (especially fruit-flavored) should be used within 2 weeks of when they're made. I usually keep mine in a mason jar but any airtight container with a good lid will work great.

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.

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.

The Bottom Line. Even though maple syrup does contain some nutrients and antioxidants, it is also very high in sugar. Calorie for calorie, maple syrup is a very poor source of nutrients compared to whole foods like vegetables, fruits and unprocessed animal foods.

Maple syrup that is boiled too long will crystallize and maple syrup that isn't boiled long enough will spoil quickly and will be watery because the concentration of sugar in the syrup will be too low.

If your syrup is too thick and you're still boiling, make the next pour a little lighter (for example 0.5 °F lower), and mix your new pour with your first.

What is Aunt Jemima called now? ›

In June 2021, amidst heightened racial unrest in the United States, the Aunt Jemima brand name was discontinued by its current owner, PepsiCo, with all products rebranded to Pearl Milling Company, the name of the company that produced the original pancake mix product.

No matter if it is light and delicate or dark and robust, 100% pure maple syrup is the healthy all-natural choice.

Home-prepared syrups can either be canned or frozen for long-term storage. To make syrup, you need 6–7 cups of fresh or frozen fruit. A combination of fruits can be used. This amount of fruit will yield about 4 ½ to 5 cups of juice, which will fill about 9 half- pint jars for processing.

Pancake syrups, on the other hand, are often made with preservatives, meaning they can be stored at room temperature even after they're opened. (Maybe my family wasn't wrong after all!) But if the bottle doesn't specifically say that you can store at room temperature, then it's best to just refrigerate it.

In the fridge, your sugary solution can last for up to a month in an airtight container if it's not mixed with any perishable flavors, such as fruit and fresh herbs. It will be good for at least two weeks if it's made with juice.

Depending on the recipe and how you store the syrup, it can last anywhere from a few weeks to a year. The primary factor that will impact the shelf life of your syrup is how it is stored.