How to Substitute Maple Syrup for Sugar in Baking

How to Substitute Maple Syrup for Sugar in Baking

If you’re looking for a healthier natural sweetener to use in your baking, substituting maple syrup for white sugar is a great option. It’s made from the sap of maple trees, and has a delicious flavor that goes well with many different kinds of baked 

How to Store Maple Syrup: Canning Jars or Jugs

How to Store Maple Syrup: Canning Jars or Jugs

Once you have tapped your trees and boiled your sap down into homemade maple syrup, it is time to store your maple syrup for later use. This article shares two methods for storing maple syrup – in mason jars like those used for canning or 

How to use Reverse Osmosis for Maple Syrup

How to use Reverse Osmosis for Maple Syrup

Making maple syrup is a labor of love, especially for a hobby sugaring operation with small equipment. Reverse osmosis is a process that can speed up syrup production by removing a significant amount of water from the sap before you put it in your evaporator.  

How to Clean Maple Sap Buckets

How to Clean Maple Sap Buckets

Cleaning maple sap buckets after you collect sap, or in preparation for this year’s collection, is essential for food safety. Clean sap buckets ensure that you are not introducing any pathogens or bacteria into the sap that you are collecting to make maple syrup. Cleaning 

How to Boil Maple Sap more Efficiently

How to Boil Maple Sap more Efficiently

Over years of experimentation with maple sugaring methods, we’ve learned a few important tips for boiling more efficiently.

How to Boil Sap to make Maple Syrup

How to Boil Sap to make Maple Syrup

This article is the third in a series on backyard sugaring in partnership with the Vermont Evaporator Company. We appreciate their partnership in helping us to test out the process and share with our readers! You’ve tapped your trees, and in your sugar woods is 

How to Collect & Store Sap for Maple Syrup

How to Collect & Store Sap for Maple Syrup

This article is part of a series on Backyard Sugaring in partnership with the Vermont Evaporator Company. Check out the first article – How to Tap a Maple Tree for Syrup – and then use this one to get you to the next step in 

How to Tap a Maple Tree for Syrup

How to Tap a Maple Tree for Syrup

This post was contributed by Kate Whelley McCabe from Vermont Evaporator Company, our partner in a series of articles on backyard sugaring for February 2020. We appreciate Kate’s help in teaching our audience how to tap a maple tree! You’ve decided! You’re going to make