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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 7 Minutes |
Ready In: 7 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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Something wonderful! One night my little one and I read about sugar on snow in Little House in the Big Woods: Grandma...poured hot syrup on each plate of snow. It cooled into soft candy, and as fast as it cooled they ate it. Read more . They could eat all they wanted, for maple sugar never hurt anybody. Below is an enriched recipe, which never hurt anybody either. :) Ingredients:
1 cup real maple syrup |
1/4 cup salted butter |
fresh snow, vanilla ice cream, or shaved ice |
**optional: dill pickles and saltines** *u |
Directions:
1. Heat the syrup and butter in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring to avoid a boil over. (Heating syrup is strictly a parent's job if doing this with Kids.)
2. The mixture is ready 6 to 7 minutes after it boils (220 to 234 degrees on a candy thermometer). It should stiffen when dripped onto a plate.
3. Remove from heat and cool for 2 minutes before pouring over the snow, ice cream, or ice. It cools so quickly that kids can taste it right away.
4. Finish by nibbling some pickles or saltines — a sugarhouse tradition for getting taste buds back to normal, because sugar on snow is so sweet. Enjoy! :)
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