My mom makes some of the best pancake/waffle syrups there are. Â We have several favorites of hers, two of which are her vanilla buttermilk and orange syrups. Â My husband Todd made some pancakes (yep, those are his gorgeous fluffy pancakes in the picture) and while he did that I experimented combining some of the ingredients from those two favorite syrups to come up with this Caramel Orange Buttermilk Syrup. Â Yummy!
Super easy and quick to make, just follow these steps:
Put the sugars and butter in a medium-large stock pot. Â The mixture will expand and bubble and you don’t want it boiling over.
Add the corn syrup, buttermilk and baking soda.
Add the orange zest and frozen concentrated orange juice. Â If you don’t have frozen concentrated orange juice you can use fresh instead and then add 1/2-1 teaspoon orange extract.
Heat the mixture over medium-high heat and bring it to a boil, stirring regularly. Â Once it comes to a boil, reduce the heat to medium and continue a low boil for 8-9 minutes, stirring regularly.
Remove the syrup from the heat and stir in the vanilla extract (and orange extract if using).
This makes exactly 2 cups of syrup.
Delicious buttery, caramely, orange buttermilk pancake and waffle syrup.
To store, keep the syrup in a sealed jar in the fridge and heat to serve.
- 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter
- ¾ cup brown sugar
- ¾ cup white granulated sugar
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- 2 tablespoons corn syrup
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 teaspoons freshly grated orange zest
- 2 tablespoons frozen orange juice concentrate (or 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice plus ½-1 teaspoon orange extract)
- 2 teaspoons good quality vanilla extract
- Add all ingredients, except for the vanilla extract, to a medium-large stock pot (it will bubble up pretty high, so don't use a small one). Bring it to a boil, reduce heat to a low boil and simmer for 8-9 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla extract (and orange extract if using). To store, keep refrigerated and heat to serve.
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Tori says
wow, that syrup looks delicious! the pancakes are beautiful, too!
The Daring Gourmet says
Thank you, Tori! I’ll pass the compliment about the pancakes on to my husband – he’ll be very pleased :)