Homemade Pancake Syrups

Recipe from Kayden Griffiths

Homemade Vanilla Syrup

1 cup water

2 cups brown sugar

1 stick butter, cut into 8 pats

1/4 tsp. vanilla

Stir the water and brown sugar together in a saucepan with high sides.  Place over medium heat and stir until the sugar is melted and the mixture comes to a boil.  Reduce heat to medium and allow it to boil for 4 minutes.  Gently drop one pat of butter into the mixture and stir until the butter melted compketely.  Repeat the process with one pat of butter at a time, until all the butter has been melted and incorporated.  Remove the pan fro the heat.  Stir in vanilla.

Buttermilk Syrup

1 cup sugar

1/2 cup buttermilk

1/2 cup butter

1 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. vanilla

Heat sugar, buttermilk, and butter in a saucepan with high sides over medium heat until mixture starts to boil, about 5 minutes.  Remove saucepan fro heat and stir in baking soda and vanilla.