Butter Maple Syrup

There’s nothing better than a stack of buttery and fluffy pancakes, but this homemade butter maple syrup takes it to a whole new level of taste!

If you’re looking for a new way to spruce up your boring morning routines, adding this pancake syrup recipe to the mix might just be the change that you’ve been looking for. 

Making your own pancake syrup is easy and not nearly as time-consuming as you might think. Just mix, simmer, and cook it down in a pot while you're flipping flapjacks in a skillet, and by the time you’re done, both are ready to go. Sounds easy, right?

What is homemade butter maple syrup?

It’s an easy DIY maple syrup recipe that adds in the wonderful richness and flavors of butter. If you ever find yourself reaching for the butter flavored maple syrups in the store, then this syrup is sure to be an instant favorite and since it’s made with real butter, it’s a win-win.

Something to note about this maple syrup vs the real deal maple syrups from Vermont is that this syrup is simply maple flavored. We aren’t actually going to tap a tree and boil the sap for hours. Instead, we’re going to thicken a mix of sugar and water to get that great consistency without all of the work. 

And it’s a good thing too because 40 gallons of sap would have made 1 gallon of syrup, which means we’d need a LOT of workspaces, patience, and effort to do it the traditional way. That’s a lot more work than I’m willing to put in first thing in the morning, how about you?

This homemade butter maple syrup takes minutes to prepare and yields enough for several pancakes (if not a few days’ worths of syrup). This means less effort, hassle, mess, and stress. Perfect for a good start to your day. Serve maple syrup butter over pancakes, waffles, yogurt, granola, and more!

Maple syrup butter ingredients

• Butter: We need butter to make butter syrup, the good news is that we only need 1 stick to get that rich flavor profile we’re looking for.
• Sugars: We will need both granulated white sugar and brown sugar to make this work.
• Milk: We want to use ½ cup of milk to get the syrup nice and creamy. You can use whole milk or plain unsweetened non-dairy milk.
• Honey: Honey helps to add sweetness, flavor, and adjust the thickness ever so slightly.
• Baking soda: With the use of some baking soda we can create a tangy flavor much like that of buttermilk, but without actually using buttermilk.
• Maple extract: This is where the maple syrup flavor comes in. We need a little extract to make our homemade syrup taste great.

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How to make this pancake syrup recipe

1. First, add the butter, milk, sugars, and honey together in a 2.5qt saucepan. 
2. After those ingredients dissolve, bring to a rolling boil.
3. Remove from heat.
4. After it’s done boiling, remove the saucepan from the heat and add in the baking soda and the maple extract.
5. Whisk the mix together and be prepared for it to foam very vigorously now that the baking soda has been added.
6. Let rest.
7. Let the mix rest for a few minutes so that it can all die down and look like normal syrup.
8. So now that you know how to make a delicious homemade butter maple pancake syrup, you’ll never need to pay for the store version again!

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