Homemade Buttermilk Syrup
This homemade buttermilk syrup is a rich, buttery topping that turns an ordinary breakfast into something special. Made with just a few simple ingredients, this creamy syrup is delicious drizzled over overnight sourdough pancakes, the best sourdough waffles, and my sourdough french toast recipe. It has a sweet, buttery flavor with a hint of caramel and is a delicious homemade alternative to maple syrup. If you make your own butter at home, this recipe is also a great way to use the fresh buttermilk left behind.
Quick Look: Homemade Buttermilk Syrup Recipe
- ⏱️ Prep Time: 5 minutes
- 🍳 Cook Time: 10 minutes
- 🕒 Total Time: 15 minutes
- 👥 Servings: 2 cups
- 📊 Calories: ~795 kcal per serving (based on nutrition panel)
- 🔥 Cook Method: Stove top in a medium saucepan
- 👩🍳 Flavor Profile: Sweet and creamy with a tangy buttermilk note and a rich, smooth finish.
- ⭐ Difficulty: Quick and easy.
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Why You'll Love This Recipe
- Easy to make ahead: Leftover syrup can be refrigerated and gently reheated when you're ready to serve it again.
- Quick to make: This homemade syrup takes about 15 minutes from start to finish, so you can make it while your pancakes, waffles, or French toast are cooking.
- Rich and buttery: Butter and buttermilk give this syrup a creamy texture and rich flavor with a subtle caramel-like taste.
- Uses simple ingredients: You only need a handful of basic pantry and refrigerator staples to make this homemade breakfast syrup.
- Perfect for homemade breakfasts: Buttermilk syrup is especially delicious over my recipe on how to make pumpkin pancakes, waffles, French toast, and homemade sourdough cinnamon rolls.
- A great way to use buttermilk: If you learn how to make raw milk butter, this recipe gives you another delicious way to use the fresh buttermilk left behind.
Ingredients:
- Salt - Redmond salt is my preference. It can be purchased from Redmond Salt.
For a full list of ingredients needed to make this recipe, see the recipe card below.
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How To Make This Homemade Buttermilk Syrup
Step 1: Combine ingredients add butter, sugar, salt, and buttermilk to a medium saucepan.
Step 2: Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until the mixture reaches a full rolling boil. Reduce heat and boil for 1 minute.
Step 3: Finish the syrup. Remove from heat and stir in baking soda and vanilla. The syrup will bubble up slightly.
Step 4: Serve and store. Pour warm syrup over pancakes, waffles, or French toast and serve with fruit. Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week and reheat as needed.
Tips For Making This Homemade Buttermilk Syrup
- Use a medium saucepan because the baking soda will cause the syrup to bubble up.
- Stir occasionally while bringing the syrup to a boil so the sugar dissolves evenly.
- Don’t overboil the syrup.
- One minute is enough after it reaches a rolling boil.
- Add the baking soda and vanilla after removing the syrup from the heat.
- The syrup will be thin when hot but will thicken slightly as it cools.
- Serve warm over pancakes, waffles, French toast, or cinnamon rolls.
- Store leftover syrup in the refrigerator for up to 1 week and gently reheat before serving.
Homemade Buttermilk Syrup FAQs
Yes, but the flavor will be slightly different. Buttermilk adds a subtle tang to the syrup, so regular milk won't give quite the same flavor. You can make a buttermilk substitute by adding a little lemon juice or vinegar to regular milk and letting it sit for a few minutes before using.
Buttermilk syrup will last for up to 1 week in the refrigerator when stored in an airtight container. Reheat gently before serving.
Buttermilk syrup is sweet, rich, and buttery with a slightly caramel-like flavor. The tang from the buttermilk helps balance the sweetness.
Buttermilk syrup is made with butter, sugar, buttermilk, salt, baking soda, and vanilla.
Yes. Store leftover buttermilk syrup in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
The syrup bubbles when baking soda is added because it reacts with the acidic buttermilk. This is normal, so use a medium saucepan with enough room for the syrup to bubble.
Gently reheat the syrup in a saucepan over low heat or in the microwave in short intervals, stirring between each interval.
Buttermilk syrup is delicious when served over pancakes, waffles, French toast, cinnamon rolls, and other breakfast foods. It can also be used as a sweet topping for desserts.
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Homemade Buttermilk Syrup
Equipment
- Medium saucepan
- whisk
- measuring cups and spoons
- Ladle
Ingredients
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- 1 cup sugar
- ½ cup butter
- ½ tsp. soda
- ½ tsp. vanilla extract coconut extract or maple flavoring
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Combine butter, sugar, salt and buttermilk in a medium saucepan.
- Cook over medium high heat until mixture comes to a full rolling boil, stirring occasionally.
- Boil for 1 minute over low heat.
- Remove from heat and add baking soda and vanilla.
- Stir. It will bubble up a little bit after you add the baking soda.
- Ladle hot creamy syrup over pancakes, waffles or french toast and enjoy with a side of fruit
Notes
- Use a medium saucepan to give the syrup room to bubble when the baking soda is added.
- Stir occasionally while bringing the mixture to a rolling boil.
- Only boil for 1 minute after it reaches a full boil to prevent overcooking.
- Remove from heat before adding the baking soda and vanilla. It will bubble up when the baking soda is added.
- The syrup will thicken slightly as it cools.
- Serve warm over pancakes, waffles, or French toast.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week and gently reheat before serving.
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This is a delicious recipe, definitely will be making again!