great great grandma's pioneer trail milk syrup

Name: Great Great Grandma's Pioneer Trail Milk Syrup
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Yield: 3
Cuisine: English
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cup(s) sugar; 1 1/2 cup(s) milk; 1/8 teaspoon(s) ground nutmeg; 1/2 teaspoon(s) vanilla bean; 2 tablespoon(s) butter

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Colleen Sowa

La Crosse, WI

Updated on Jan 6, 2011

My Great Great Grandmother Eliza Griffin Andrews immigrated from England to Canada to the United States of America. She had a large family, they traveled in covered wagons. She cooked over an open fire and made wonderful things like this recipe to keep her children happy and energized... I am so lucky to have so many of her recipes that have survived all these years! I hope you will try it. The photo is of her daughter Charlotte Andrews Kennedy... I was a little girl when my great grandma died... but remember her so well... Families Are Forever! Play With Your Food!

Rate

prep time 5 Min

cook time 10 Min

method Stove Top

yield 3 cups

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups milk
1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla bean
2 tablespoons butter

How To Make great great grandma's pioneer trail milk syrup

Step 1

In a saucepan, bring milk and sugar to a boil over high heat, stirring constantly. Keep boiling and stirring quickly to a boil that can't be stirred down.

Step 2

Remove from heat and stir in the nutmeg, vanilla and butter.
Step 3

Serve on waffles, french toast and pancakes. It is very delightful!
Step 4

*** Keep in mind... the milk back then was quite different from what we have today... You may want to use part cream. *** Sometimes we add cinnamon too.
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