Homemade Buttermilk Syrup Recipe
This homemade buttermilk syrup recipe is simple and easy to make and is one of our favorite toppings for sourdough pancakes, sourdough waffles, and sourdough french toast. Made with only 5 ingredients, you can easily get this made in the time that it takes to cook the pancakes, waffles or french toast. Buttermilk syrup has a lovely creamy texture and tastes like liquid gold. It doesn’t taste like buttermilk, more like a buttery syrup with a light caramel flavor. It is a great replacement for maple syrup, jam or jelly and pairs well with homemade butter on any sweet breakfast meal. Buttermilk syrup can even take things like cinnamon rolls, german pancakes, and apple crisp or apple pie to a whole new level.
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup of buttermilk
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 tsp. soda
- 1/2 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
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Notes
If you have any leftover syrup, it can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to a week and reheated as needed.