Mama's Homemade Maple Syrup that isn't From a Tree

Maple syrup is expensive, and with good reason. We all know it takes quite a bit of sap to make pure maple syrup with the ratio of 80 to 1. Most folks turn to the familiar faces on the bottles of glorified corn syrup, but not my Mama! Mrs. Butterworth's has never had a place at our table, even before Mama started tapping our beloved maple tree in the front yard. Here is how she made my thrifty favorite-

1 C Water

2 C granulate sugar

1 dollop of molasses (this is probably a Tablespoon or so if you want to be scientific)

1t. vanilla flavor

1t maple flavor

Boil in a saucepan until all the sugar has dissolved.  

Mama put it on the table steaming hot in a little cream picture with a light pink stripe. It can be refrigerated for almost ever in a mason jar.