DIY: Pancake Syrup

Hey, when you made the pancakes (you dropped everything you were doing and made the pancakes, right?) you didn't use store-bought syrup, did you?

You did?

Oh jeez.

It's full of HFCS (high-fructose corn syrup) that evil stuff that your tax dollars pay for. (in the form of agricultural subsidies) It causes, well, pretty much everything, and it's in just about everything you buy at the supermarket. Wanna read more?

Oh yeah, there's gobs of it in your store-bought pancake syrup, along with preservatives and God knows what else.

Here's a recipe for homemade that's not AS horrible for you:

2 parts sugar
1 part water
Maple flavoring

For my Saturday morning pancakes, I use 1 1/2 c. sugar to 3/4 c. water, and 1/4 t. maple flavoring. Yeah, so the maple flavoring is fake, so what? Go suck the fun out of someone else's day.

Heat to boiling, then serve warm over pancakes. The recipe above is perfect for 4 people, you just make what you need.

More DIY stuff to come. BTW, Heinz is now making ketchup with sugar and not HFCS.

About time they caught up with me.