Maple Syrup
Ingredients
Directions
Combine maple sugar and water in a pot.
Boil the mixture until it thickens.
Bottle the syrup for storage.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
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What each ingredient does
- Maple sugar
- Provides the sweetness and the main body of the syrup once dissolved.
- Water
- Dissolves the maple sugar so it can be boiled down into a syrup.
The step that matters
Boil the mixture until it thickens. Boiling evaporates water and concentrates the sugar, so the syrup thickens as it cools. Stopping too early leaves it thin, while overcooking can make it grainy or too stiff.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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