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    Default Three Ingredient Maple Desserts--What're yours?

    So, I've been trying out a LOT of combinations of things, and using three, and only three ingredients, have come up with my all time favorite dessert using our Maple Syrup.
    Here's the ingredients: One Apple. A handful of crushed walnuts. Maple syrup.
    Instructions (ha!): Dice the apple, put it in a bowl.
    Big handful of crushed walnuts on top of that in the bowl.
    Pour on Maple Syrup, enough to coat the diced apple and walnuts.
    Eat up, its good!
    TIP: Somehow cold apples, cold walnuts, and real cold maple syrup work the best. And, you'll think you might need a half cup of Maple syrup, but really much less will thoroughly coat the apple and walnuts and taste great. No one flavor dominates, and all three somehow complement each other.

    Whats your favorite three ingredient dessert? I got about 15 jars of home use "leftover" syrup from the season in the freezer to try it on!

    Something maple to do in the off season besides cut wood...
    take care,
    Mark

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    1 large ice cube
    2 fingers of bourbon
    1 TBSP of pure maple syrup
    Dr. Tim Perkins
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    Loafers pudding
    1 white cake mix. Mix according to instructions
    Pour batter in cake pan
    2 cups warm maple syrup poured over cake batter.
    bake according to mix instructions.
    Add french vanilla ice cream
    Steve

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    That's two fingers like this 👍isn't it Dr. Tim? I personally prefer Canadian whiskey!
    2016-First year
    17 Taps
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    About 1 1/2 gallons
    2017-20 taps
    About 3 gallons
    2018-13 taps
    Same Block arch & steam pans (modified arch & pans)
    2019-12 taps (keep losing trees)
    2020-Brand new Smokey Lake StarCat evaporator, about 15 taps.
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    Ingredients:
    - Plain yogurt
    - Maple syrup
    - Good nutty granola

    Instructions (ha!):
    - Mix syrup into yogurt
    - Sprinkle the granola on top

    Yum!

    Gabe
    2016: Homemade arch from old wood stove; 2 steam tray pans; 6 taps; 1.1 gal
    2017: Same setup. 15 taps; 4.5 gal
    2018: Same setup. Limited time. 12 taps and short season; 2.2 gal
    2019: Very limited time. 7 taps and a short season; 1.8 gals
    2020: New Mason 2x3 XL halfway through season; 9 taps 2 gals
    2021: Same 2x3, 18 taps, 4.5 gals
    2022: 23 taps, 5.9 gals
    2023: 23 taps. Added AUF, 13.2 gals
    2024: 17 taps
    All on buckets

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    Also, maple nuts have only two ingredients, and they're fantastic!
    2016: Homemade arch from old wood stove; 2 steam tray pans; 6 taps; 1.1 gal
    2017: Same setup. 15 taps; 4.5 gal
    2018: Same setup. Limited time. 12 taps and short season; 2.2 gal
    2019: Very limited time. 7 taps and a short season; 1.8 gals
    2020: New Mason 2x3 XL halfway through season; 9 taps 2 gals
    2021: Same 2x3, 18 taps, 4.5 gals
    2022: 23 taps, 5.9 gals
    2023: 23 taps. Added AUF, 13.2 gals
    2024: 17 taps
    All on buckets

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    Jams

    Fruit, sugar, very dark syrup.

    …of course you’ll need pectin and a little water, but I’m going to ignore the fact that those are “technically” ingredients since they are a staple of any jam recipe.

    Use your favorite jam recipe for amounts of fruit, sugar and pectin.

    Apple, pear, peach and strawberry alone or in combo, like strawberry/peach work best, flavor-wise.


    Couple of tips:
    Reduce the amount of water to compensate for water in the syrup.

    Replace 1/5 of the sugar with an equal amount of syrup. This knocks back the sweet a bit and allows the fruit and maple flavors to come forward.

    Apples have a natural pectin. If using apples, adjust the amount of added pectin accordingly (Google is your friend here).

    Edit in...a splash of lemon helps keep the color.
    Last edited by Tweegs; 05-30-2019 at 02:28 PM.
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    Like you make maple coated nuts, do popped popcorn with some salt before the cooked syrup hardens. Forget salted caramel. Salted maple is so much better.
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    2015 - Small operation. 25 buckets. One excited 5 year old and one 35 year old that feels 5 again.
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    2017 - Shurflo 4008 hooked to 42 stingy silver maples and a few Norways. A couple buckets on sugars and Norways. 10 box elders.
    2018 - ...a few more taps.
    2019 - ...more taps on 3/16 gravity. This spiral is heading downward in a hurry.
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    Hey, this is good, I'ma try some/all of these. On the pudding one, whats the consistency supposed to end up like?
    And, maple coated cashews with a bit of salt sounds pretty good too.
    Figures, the man with the phd comes up with the prize winner in like two seconds...lol...but i do bet its tasty.
    take care, Mark

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    Quote Originally Posted by littleTapper View Post
    Like you make maple coated nuts, do popped popcorn with some salt before the cooked syrup hardens.
    Usually when I do maple nuts, I have to stir really hard, and sometimes for quite a while, to get the syrup to harden. If I did this with popcorn instead of nuts the popcorn would be broken up into tiny bits. How do you avoid this?
    2016: Homemade arch from old wood stove; 2 steam tray pans; 6 taps; 1.1 gal
    2017: Same setup. 15 taps; 4.5 gal
    2018: Same setup. Limited time. 12 taps and short season; 2.2 gal
    2019: Very limited time. 7 taps and a short season; 1.8 gals
    2020: New Mason 2x3 XL halfway through season; 9 taps 2 gals
    2021: Same 2x3, 18 taps, 4.5 gals
    2022: 23 taps, 5.9 gals
    2023: 23 taps. Added AUF, 13.2 gals
    2024: 17 taps
    All on buckets

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