Homemade Maple Sugar

Make maple sugar at home in less than an hour with a few kitchen tools you probably already own. Maple sugar is a fantastic dry, natural sweetener for Paleo baked goods as well as savory dishes that need a pinch of sweetness.

5 minutes

50 minutes

Difficulty

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This is our estimate based on online research.
Calories:	21
Fat:	0 g
Carbohydrates:	6 g
Protein:	0 g
Calculated per serving.

by James

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Serves: 150

Ingredients

1 quart 1 quart 1 quart Maple Syrup, Pure
1 tsp 1 tsp 1 tsp Ghee, for greasing the pan

Process

Note, these instructions are written assuming the standard serving size, since you have modified the number of servings, these steps may need to be modified for best results

Lightly grease the top 1-inch of a 4-quart saucepan with ghee.
Attach a candy thermometer to a 4-quart saucepan. You can also just lay it diagonally in the pan so that the bulb is at the bottom of the pan on one side and the top of the thermometer is resting on the opposite edge of the saucepan.
Add 1 quart of pure maple syrup to the saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat.
When the temperature reaches Hard Ball stage (250 - 260 degrees F / 121 - 127 degrees C ), remove the pan from the heat and immediately - and vigorously - begin whisking the sugar. You may use an electric mixer for this, but be careful not to splatter yourself. When the mixture thickens and loses most of its moisture, switch to a spatula or metal beaters and keep mixing the sugar until it is completely dry and crumbly.
Pass sugar through a fine sieve.
Store at room temperature in an air-tight container.

Notes

Once you stop the initial whisking, the sugar may being to rise rapidly from steam that is trying to escape. Don't freak out; just poke it and it will go back down.