Maple syrup is a topping that is put a pancake or waffle. Maple syrup is a classical topping that can turn practically anything into a delicious treat in my opinion well unless it is over used or abused. Maple syrup is not very hard to make you just need sugar, a pail, a tree tap, a tree, and then the final ingredients to make the syrup. First you can’t just choose any tree you will need the right tree which would be a sugar maple, a red maple, a silver maple, or a boxelder tree any of these make the syrup that everyone loves and enjoys. You will also need to identify these trees each of them have a similar leaf and a helicopter seedpod except for the boxelder which has five fronds as the leaf and it does not have seedpods. Not only is this a more natural way for you to get your syrup but you also won’t will need to pay your monthly dollar every month for syrup because all you will need pay is for your pail or bucket, your tap, and your tree which is optional but you can get any of these trees at tnnursery.net or quick growing trees.com. Here is a recipe…

Ingredients-

• 2 cups white sugar
• 1 cup boiling water
• 1/2 teaspoon maple extract

Instructions-

1. In a saucepan, combine sugar and water. Cook and stir until sugar is dissolved. Remove from heat, and stir in maple extract. Serve warm.