How to Make Homemade Vanilla Pancake Syrup Recipe, Easy Scratch Recipe

Inside: You’ll find a simple vanilla pancake syrup recipe that can be made with only 4 ingredients from your pantry in about 15 minutes.

If you don’t like the glorified corn syrup pancake syrup from the grocery store, then this recipe is for you. It’s an easy recipe for homemade vanilla pancake syrup.

It’s an easy syrup recipe that is quick to make with only 4 ingredients. No corn syrup needed!

Skip the high fructose corn syrup laden pancake syrups and make your own with this recipe that is vanilla flavored. 

Homemade Vanilla Pancake Syrup

There is really nothing better than real maple syrup. But pure maple syrup is pretty expensive to have every weekend. If your budget is tight, then this sweet syrup recipe is for you. 

This homemade vanilla syrup is so much better than store-bought pancake syrup. So much better!

It’s a great alternative to traditional pancake syrup with maple in it. 

Our family loves homemade maple syrup with maple extract, but occasionally we love to have vanilla syrup too. Making your own homemade pancake syrup is so easy to do.

This pancake syrup recipe is great, drizzled over fluffy pancakes, french toast, waffles, or any of your favorite breakfast foods for a Sunday morning breakfast. 

What’s great about this vanilla syrup is you can add both maple flavoring and vanilla extract too. It’s so delicious with or with the maple added. It’s really is the best syrup. 

Let’s get to the 4 simple ingredients you’ll need to make this vanilla pancake syrup. 

Ingredients Need to Make Homemade Vanilla Syrup

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You’ll only need these 4 simple ingredients you already have in your pantry to make homemade vanilla syrup. 

You’ll Need…

• 1 cup Sugar
• 1/2 cup Water
• 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla Extract or Flavoring
• 1 tablespoon Molasses

Well, if you don’t count the water, then it’s really on 3 ingredients. Now that you have your ingredients, let’s get to how to make this vanilla pancake syrup. 

How to Make Vanilla Pancake Syrup

I made a quick video to show you how to make your own syrup easily. But if watching a video isn’t for you, keep scrolling for the written step-by-step tutorial and printable recipe too.

Step by Step Tutorial for Vanilla Pancake Syrup Recipe

After you’ve gathered your ingredients, it’s time to make some delicious syrup. Let’s get to it!

Step 1. Mix Wet Ingredients with Sugar

In a small sauce pan or a medium sauce pan, add the water, molasses, and sugar. 

You are going to heat this over medium-high heat to high heat. Stir until the sugar dissolves. You don’t want any sugar crystals to burn on the bottom of the pan.

So keep stirring until the sugar is dissolved. 

Step 2. Bring to a Full Rolling Boil

Once the sugar is dissolved, you can stop stirring and heat over high heat until mixture comes to a full rolling boil. 

If you are unsure what a full rolling boil is, it’s a boil you can stop by stirring. You can see what it looks like in the video above. 

Once the simple syrup comes to a full rolling boil, turn off the burner but leave the hot syrup on the burner to cool down. 

The total time for cool down will vary, but you’ll want to leave the pan on the burner until the bubbling stops. 

Step 3. Add Vanilla Flavoring

After the bubbling stops, remove the warm syrup from the burner and stir in the vanilla flavoring. 

If you want, you can also add maple flavoring. 

Step 4. Your Homemade Syrup is Ready

This great recipe made with basic ingredients is ready to enjoy on your breakfast recipes.

You can enjoy the warm syrup over homemade pancakes or if you’d like a thicker syrup, you can let it cool. It will thicken as it cools. 

How to Store Leftover Syrup

If you have leftover syrup, the easiest way to store it in any airtight container, in the refrigerator. 

At our house, we store our homemade syrup in a reused a Mrs. Butterworth pancake syrup bottle from the store. 

If you’d like to fill a standard syrup bottle from the store, just make a double batch of homemade syrup to fill it. 

Then store the syrup in the refrigerator to enjoy over your homemade breakfast foods like these easy apple fritters.

Substitutions for Ingredients

Here are a few substitutions just in case you’re out of an ingredient…

If you are out of molasses and have brown sugar, use the brown sugar instead of white and skip the molasses.

Use brown sugar if you don’t have any white sugar on hand.

That’s how easy it is to make this homemade syrup recipe for your buttermilk pancakes this weekend. 

The best thing about this recipe is you don’t have to just use it for breakfast. It’s also great to add vanilla flavor and sweeten homemade lattes, or iced coffee. It’s delicious with vanilla ice cream too.

Grab the printable easy homemade pancake syrup recipe below…