How to make pancake syrup

This past weekend we made our own syrup from ingredients on hand.  It was so easy and quite tasty.  My kids like it even better than Aunt Jemima's.  Here is the recipe -

Pancake Syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
1 cup water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

1.  Put all ingredients except vanilla in a sauce pan and stir over medium heat.
2.  Bring the syrup to boiling and reduce the heat.  It needs to remain at the just boiling stage.
3.  Continue to cook and stir until the syrup coats the spoon or a drop on a plate will spread just a little.
4.  Remove from the heat and stir in the vanilla.
5.  Pour into a mason jar.  This makes about 1 1/2 cups of syrup.  When cool, store in the refrigerator.


The syrup is thinner than store bought but thicker than maple syrup.  For our health, this syrup doesn't have all the preservatives found in store bought.  For our budget, this syrup cost 60 cents to make which ends up being half the price of a comparable amount of store bought.  Looks like this will be a family tradition for us now!