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ysabetwordsmithMaple Syrup: 40 Tried & True Recipes
Paperback – Lay Flat, February 11, 2020
by Corrine Kozlak (Author), Kevin Scott Ramos (Photographer)
Today we finished reading our first cookbook of the year. \o/ We bought this just a couple weeks ago at the small farm show. Our friends at Golden Ridge Farms had their maple root beer and also these cookbooks. I had just seen a different book that was mostly history and only a few recipes, so when I spotted this one, I pounced on it. The front matter includes a table of contents, Preface, Tree to Table, Maple Syrup History, How Maple Syrup Is Made, Maple Syrup Grading, Sugar Shack Fun, Do-It-Yourself Maple Syruping or Backyard Sugaring, and Cooking and Baking with Maple Syrup. The recipe chapters are Breads and Breakfast, Entrees, Sides, Sweets and Desserts, Appetizers and Beverages. The index in the back does include both ingredients and titles, but is not greatly detailed.
Note that in addition to maple syrup, some recipes also use maple sugar and/or maple extract. I've got a bottle of maple vinegar, which I find extremely useful; it's raspy stuff, but combined with maple syrup it allows you to calibrate the sweet-sour spectrum wherever you want it. As with the syrup, make sure you're buying the real deal and not a fake. As Vermont says, "Life is too short for fake maple syrup!"
Among the recipes we marked are Best Basic Buttermilk Pancakes, Oatmeal B&B Pancakes, Best Maple Banana Bread, Maple Frosted Pumpkin Muffins, Maple Monkey Bread, Maple-Teriyaki Marinade, Maple Barbecue Ribs and Sauce, Maple Leaf Cutout Cookies, Spicy Maple Syrup Cookies, Maple Fruit Crisp, and Maple Brownies with Maple Frosting. A majority of these recipes fall into the happy medium of easy enough to make but complex enough to be interesting and qualify as a real recipe. Few use premade commercial ingredients; most are made from scratch. Note that several recipes have sections for different parts; you could put that maple crisp topping over almost any fruit, and the maple barbecue sauce is also highly versatile.
This cookbook should suit beginner to intermediate cooking skills. It is an excellent choice if you have mastered basic skills and want to explore a thematic cookbook. It's also ideal for fans of maple in particular. Most highly recommended.
Paperback – Lay Flat, February 11, 2020
by Corrine Kozlak (Author), Kevin Scott Ramos (Photographer)
Today we finished reading our first cookbook of the year. \o/ We bought this just a couple weeks ago at the small farm show. Our friends at Golden Ridge Farms had their maple root beer and also these cookbooks. I had just seen a different book that was mostly history and only a few recipes, so when I spotted this one, I pounced on it. The front matter includes a table of contents, Preface, Tree to Table, Maple Syrup History, How Maple Syrup Is Made, Maple Syrup Grading, Sugar Shack Fun, Do-It-Yourself Maple Syruping or Backyard Sugaring, and Cooking and Baking with Maple Syrup. The recipe chapters are Breads and Breakfast, Entrees, Sides, Sweets and Desserts, Appetizers and Beverages. The index in the back does include both ingredients and titles, but is not greatly detailed.
Note that in addition to maple syrup, some recipes also use maple sugar and/or maple extract. I've got a bottle of maple vinegar, which I find extremely useful; it's raspy stuff, but combined with maple syrup it allows you to calibrate the sweet-sour spectrum wherever you want it. As with the syrup, make sure you're buying the real deal and not a fake. As Vermont says, "Life is too short for fake maple syrup!"
Among the recipes we marked are Best Basic Buttermilk Pancakes, Oatmeal B&B Pancakes, Best Maple Banana Bread, Maple Frosted Pumpkin Muffins, Maple Monkey Bread, Maple-Teriyaki Marinade, Maple Barbecue Ribs and Sauce, Maple Leaf Cutout Cookies, Spicy Maple Syrup Cookies, Maple Fruit Crisp, and Maple Brownies with Maple Frosting. A majority of these recipes fall into the happy medium of easy enough to make but complex enough to be interesting and qualify as a real recipe. Few use premade commercial ingredients; most are made from scratch. Note that several recipes have sections for different parts; you could put that maple crisp topping over almost any fruit, and the maple barbecue sauce is also highly versatile.
This cookbook should suit beginner to intermediate cooking skills. It is an excellent choice if you have mastered basic skills and want to explore a thematic cookbook. It's also ideal for fans of maple in particular. Most highly recommended.
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Date: 2026-02-02 04:43 pm (UTC)