Comments | vegancooking: Pancake Syrup instead o' pure maple syrup

ladeedeeda in vegancooking

Pancake Syrup instead o' pure maple syrup

Mar 07, 2006 12:27

Um, being the frugal person I am (aka poor) is it ok to use the fake maple syrup in recipes calling for the real thing?

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aseaofvodka March 7 2006, 21:43:13 UTC

i've done that in cookies before.. i had a sugar recipe that called for maple syrup and i just used regular pancake syrup and they still turned out really good and were the favorite cookie out of the batch i made :)

ladeedeeda March 8 2006, 01:44:52 UTC

That's cool. So, I have all these little tubs of the pancake syrup that I got (no, not swiped) from a diner and I wanna use them.

malloreigh March 8 2006, 01:58:46 UTC

!! At least 75% of the fun in little packets of breakfast condiments is the fact that you stole them from a diner!

ladeedeeda March 8 2006, 14:07:04 UTC

LOL. I gotta put them to good use ;)

nobodyhere March 7 2006, 21:48:36 UTC

I wouldn't suggest it. If you want to save money, consider a syrup yourself (like the brown sugar syrup here http://www.hungrybrowser.com/phaedrus/m0917F04.htm#5, omitting the butter and walnuts). Why pay for artificial maple flavouring in recipes that aren't really using maple syrup for flavour? (I'm thinking of a lot of vegan recipes that just use maple syrup as an unrefined sugar.)

In the occasional recipe where maple syrup is a dominant flavour, I'd suggest using the real thing. Hopefully you'll have saved enough money by not buying table syrup to afford it :)

ladeedeeda March 8 2006, 01:46:26 UTC

I never thought of making my own syrup--that's very interesting. Thanks.

heavyleg March 7 2006, 21:52:11 UTC

yeah i would just use a different sweetener, like you can make a simple syrup out of heating sugar and water.

restlesspoetry March 7 2006, 22:02:02 UTC

or use sugar and add a few tablespoons of liquid. i don't remember the exact measurements, but check the archives for sugar replacements.

vaalea March 7 2006, 22:50:27 UTC

I used some table syrup that contained 15% real maple syrup in a recipe that called for maple....
that table syrup has the real maple taste, but not so expensive.

ladeedeeda March 8 2006, 14:15:55 UTC

What did you make? I wanted to make cookies, and I was thinking of the maple nut cookies from Veg w/ a Veng.

vaalea March 8 2006, 18:54:29 UTC

Pumpkin muffins

http://vaalea.livejournal.com/3584.html