- 3/4 ounce Maple Syrup
- 3/4 ounce dry gin
- 1 ounce lemon juice
- 1 ounce bourbon
Shake over ice and strain into a chilled glass. Rim the glass with maple sugar for an especially nice touch.
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Slightly Intoxicating Wisdom Shake over ice and strain into a chilled glass. Rim the glass with maple sugar for an especially nice touch.
This dense, flavorful bread is delicious toasted and slathered with New York maple cream, spun honey, or butter for breakfast, tea, or after school snacks.
The more robust flavor of dark maple syrup is preferred for baking. This bread machine adaptation does most of the work for you.
If you’ve never tried real baked beans (i.e. not out of a can) treat yourself to these rich, substantial favorites, so popular in neighboring New England. The long, slow baking time allows the maple syrup and other ingredients to deeply imbue the bland beans with flavor. Perfect on a winter day when the additional heat from the oven is most appreciated.
Genuine maple syrup and real butter make these brownies, or more accurately, “blondies,” sumptuous in their own right. Used as a base for this New York State sundae they are incomparable.
A candy thermometer is helpful when making this recipe.
Spread popcorn in a large pan, either buttered or coated with cooking spray. Stir in peanuts and dried fruit.
Chewy oatmeal cookies are just about everyone’s favorite. These are so easy – no creaming butter and sugar, no measuring and sifting flour, no adding leavening or spices. Simple and quick, yet they are absolutely homemade.
This recipe is a sure favorite for breakfast or brunch. It can be prepared the night before to help make a busy morning less manic, and it uses two New York favorites – blueberries and maple syrup. Wonderful blueberries are available in late July or early August.
French Toast
Blueberry Sauce
Butter a 9” x 13” baking dish. Layer half the bread cubes on the bottom and evenly scatter the cream cheese cubes and blueberries over all. Place the remaining bread cubes on top. In a large bowl, whisk together eggs, milk, and maple syrup. Carefully pour over bread layers. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
To bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover pan with foil and bake for 30 minutes. Remove foil and bake up to an additional 30 minutes, until puffed and golden. While the casserole bakes, make the sauce: Whisk sugar, cornstarch and water together in a small saucepan. Cook over medium heat until mixture begins to thicken.
Add blueberries and simmer until they begin to pop. Stir in butter and maple syrup and serve over Baked French Toast.
Many of the recipes in used at Bryn Brooke Manor come from cooks who “never use recipes,” preferring to cook by intuition. Once you’re comfortable with ingredients and basic processes, “throwing a dish together” is creative, enjoyable time spent in the kitchen.
This is the simplest of recipes, calling for only two ingredients. Don’t even consider making these festive nuts with anything other than pure maple syrup.
That sticky brown stuff sold as “pancake topping” is primarily corn syrup and will never sugar correctly– making a mess and wasting good nuts. Properly made, Maple Sugar Nuts are a wonderful holiday or hostess gift.
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