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Cooking oil if using candy molds. If you are using a baking pan, you can use wax paper instead of cooking oil. Half a cup of pure maple syrup (make sure it is not imitation syrup!) If you're enjoying ...

Making a maple candy recipe requires little more than natural maple syrup, a bit of butter or oil, and a standard candy mold. If you crave the sweet maple candies sold at tourist shops, you need not ...

Here is a delicious winter treat that is easy to make and has only two ingredients: maple syrup and new snow. My grandma taught me to make this confection and called it jack wax. Put 1 cup of real ...

These candied apples call for nothing more than maple syrup and the apples. Simply cook a pot of syrup until it reaches 248 degrees, or “firm-ball” stage. Simple as this sounds, give yourself plenty ...

As a writer for the “Homestead” section of the Bangor Daily News, I am almost ashamed to admit that I did not take to the “Little House” series as a kid. Laura Ingalls Wilder’s problematic literary ...

Watch the process of making real Vermont maple syrup from tree to table, from collecting sap to finishing the syrup. This guide also includes ideas for preparing maple cream and maple candy, ...