Maple Syrup - Better Than Real

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 4 cups brown sugar (one 32 oz package)
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 2 teaspoons maple flavoring
• juice of one lemon
• 1/2 teaspoon liquid smoke (double it if you like it smokey)
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 heat water and sugar til begins to boil. turn down heat to slowly boil for 15 minutes, remove from heat and add remaining ingredients - vanilla last. this is thicker than real m.s. but thin stuff won't store without refrigeration - this will. i like syrup to be alive and astringent so you might want to reduce the lemon to half the amount if you prefer just sweet.