In Vermont, about 1 out of every 4 trees is a maple tree.
Cooking With Maple
Forget pancakes, there are a lot of great ways to get maple into your daily diet. We eat maple every day, often as an ingredient in entrees you might not expect.
Maple syrup is great over cold or hot cereal, fruit, plain yogurt, puddings, and ice cream. Maple syrup is great in baked beans, apple pies, pickles, stir frys, and glazes and sauces.
Substituting Maple Syrup for Granulated Sugar
In place of one cup of granulated sugar use ¾ to 1 cup of maple syrup. When baking reduce the liquid by 2-4 tablespoons per cup of maple syrup used, add ¼ teaspoon of baking soda, reduce the oven temperature by 25 degrees.
Crepes have always been a Marvin family favorite. Lucy rarely measures ingredients out when she makes them. So this is our best approximation of her recipe.
